Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

[dave jenkins]

Ha, I knew it!

[moorman]

This film had been on my radar for a while.  My attraction to the film are Peckinpah the director and Warren Oates, the main protagonist.  This proejct started slow for me.  The 1970's grimy look and feel of the project didn't help.  This continued for the first half of the film.  The second half is where this comes together.  The director manages to take a tight plot and wring tension and surprises out of it.  Warren Oates as usual brings a superb, nuanced and naturalistic character to the project.  The film is nasty, grimy and  has a very ugly look.  If you can get past that it pays off to watch this to its conclusion.  7.5 out of 10.