Timothy Leach moves in to an abandoned farm house with his wife. On the way a man befriends Timothy with the intention to pass Marlene to him (A golden arm brace that gives who ever wears it dead eye shooting accuracy). A group of bandits notice them and see them as easy prey. they rob them of goods and supplies. on another trip the bandits seeing Mrs. Leach all alone assault her. as she lays on the ground the man who befriended Timothy strangles her. when Timothy arrives he blames the bandits and gives him Marlene and hands him a gun he is reluctant as he has never shot a gun before, but soon discovers it possesses incredible powers which uses nerves impulses to hit the target every time. Timothy is afraid but he also wants to avenge the life of his wife. even if he has to take them all on.
Practical Effects
The gloriously low-budget golden arm prop steals every scene
Direction
Mariscal commits completely to this unhinged premise
Acting
Héctor Bonilla's transformation from meek to machine-driven killer
Director
Alberto Mariscal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Mexico's 1970s 'weird west' boom, where directors like Mariscal fused Hollywood genre formulas with local exploitation sensibilities and social commentary.
Hugo Stiglitz became a Tarantino namesake (the Nazi hunter in Inglourious Basterds) partly due to his prolific run in Mexican genre films like this one.
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