The movie's main problem is that the protagonist -- the dead head -- is a bore.
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Why is his head worth one million dollars and the lives of 21 people?
1974 · 1h 53m · R
Action, Crime, Drama
Directed by
Sam Peckinpah
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Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
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An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.
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The movie is some kind of bizarre masterpiece. It's probably not a movie that most people would like, but violence, with Peckinpah, sometimes becomes a psychic ballet.
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