I'm getting a little tired of Peckinpah's nihilism. Objectively speaking, this isn't noticeably (if at all) inferior to The Wild Bunch or Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, both of which I liked a lot, but the getup did less for me this time around. I don't regret watching it or anything though.

"For something so bleak, so purposely revolting and unsentimental, there are reservoirs of profound poetry in Alfredo Garcia, the only film that Peckinpah ever considered completely his own." - Nick Schager

Hell yes.

I love the lawlessness of this movie, it's a total 70s western. Bennie kind of reminds me of Bukowski or Burroughs. Production design is awesome too from Bennie's well-aged bar, to the modern hotel room and the open road itself. Dangerous despicable places that are a lot of fun to visit.

Extremely gloomy, doom-filled modern western. Warren Oates rocks.

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The flick has some good action sequences, and its central concept is interesting. The problem is that the plot is a mess, and often lacks forward momentum.

A very ugly film with its own kind of beauty.

Wouldn't it just be a blast to drive around the Mexico of Peckinpah, getting into adventures?

Previously very under-awed by the supposedly great Peckinpah films, this one was a welcomely contemplative film. It's violent (as all Peckinpah), but counterbalanced by more humanist leanings. It's gritty, grimy and unrelentingly downtrodden - but there's a sense of feeling and subtlety that Peckinpah's others had lacked. The plot events are quite interesting too, and the ending fitted perfectly. Occasionally hard to buy the protagonists motives, but otherwise a dramatic and worthwhile western.

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Dated badly and not as bad-ass as Straw Dogs. Points for the skeaziest main character in history.

a love story

Apesar do caráter cult desse filme, assisti-o sem ter ideia do que se tratava. Talvez se já soubesse o que esperar, teria me incomodado menos com as situações bestas e os elementos trash do roteiro. Ainda sim, o ótimo humor negro e a jornada transformadora do anti-herói me cativaram. É um filme cujo enredo descaradamente trash, tiroteios e estilo de humor não me fazem ter nenhuma dúvida de que ele deve ser um grande clássico para o Tarantino.

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Kris Kristofferson, Isela Vega and Warren Oates run after each other and after a dirty bag with a head that worth a lot of money. Fantastically brutal. Certainly one of Peckinpah's best.

The last 45 minutes are gritty and frenetic. But a lot of the acting was wooden, the script was riddled with cliches, the pacing of the first hour was very strange, and the rape scene didn't advance the plot. I think it was only placed there to titillate the male audience, which is deplorable. Not a big fan... I had high expectations.

Interesting premise and a solid finale can't do much for this mostly dull film