25.2.10

a bullet for the general (1967)

AKA El chuncho, quien sabe?
"Don't buy bread with that money, hombre! Buy dynamite!"

Bill Tate (Lou Castel) is aboard a train held up by El Chuncho (Gian Maria Volonté) and his bandits. He helps them steal arms from a train to sell the weapons to the revolutionary general Elias (Jaime Fernández). El Chuncho takes a liking to the gringo and allow him to tag along, but what is Tate's motive for joining them?

A dark take on the Mexican revolution, which deals with issues of trust, betrayal, the pursuit of money, idiology and war. Meanwhile also delivering with lots of action wrapped around some fascinating characters including Klaus Kinski as a gun toting bible quoting revolutionary and Martine Beswick as a hard as nails bandit.

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