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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
Corbucci again pairs a cynical foreign gun-for-hire with a Mexican revolutionary cause, balancing broad, anarchic humor, dusty action, political bite, and a memorable Ennio Morricone score.
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Why this pick
Another Mexican Revolution adventure where an opportunistic bandit and an explosives expert make an unlikely, volatile partnership; it shifts deftly between rowdy set pieces, bitter irony, and genuine melancholy.
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Why this pick
Its revolutionary Mexico setting supports the same mix of dusty widescreen action, shifting mercenary loyalties, and skepticism about leaders whose ideals collide with money and power.
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Why this pick
A multinational team assembles for a high-risk raid during the revolution, delivering the ensemble banter, colorful personalities, train-bound spectacle, and playful adventure energy of Corbucci’s film.
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Why this pick
A sharp, sun-blasted borderland adventure built around hired specialists, competing agendas, and impressive action craft; its tough humor and morally flexible heroes echo the appeal of Companeros.
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01 / THE STORY
During the Mexican Revolution, a peasant named El Vasco (Milian) starts a revolt in his town by killing the army colonel in charge. Rebel leader and self-appointed General Mongo (Bódalo) soon arrives on the scene and hires El Vasco to his revolutionary gang. However, Mongo is more interested in gaining fortune for himself than for his country. Yodlaf Peterson (Nero), a Sweden mercenary arrives in Mexico to sell guns to General Mongo. The safe containing the money is locked and only Professor Xantos (Rey) knows the combination. Xantos is the leader of a student counter-revolution that opposes violence, and is held in a prison by the United States army, after he tried to find funding from the US and did not agree to give the monopoly of his country's entire oil wealth in return.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Yodlaf Peterson
El Vasco
Prof. Xantos
Lola
General Mongo Alvarez
Colonel
Captain Jim
Lieutenant
