Agustin Bernal Movies
Si Honraras A Tu Coca Madre concerns a woman who makes a fateful decision to become a drug dealer. Before long those around her decide to take matters into their own hand, and set in motion a plan to administer their own brand of justice. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
In this gritty Mexican crime thriller, Isidro and Mariano Perez make their living at the race track, gambling and taking advantage of poor saps who the con men take for as much as they can. Unfortunately for the two low-lifes, they picked on Domingo to make their money one too many times, and now the two are running for their lives as this disgruntled client won't stop until he's exacted the ultimate revenge. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide
- 2002
The crime drama Como Perros de la Calle concerns a brutal gang leader who has rats working for him in every major law enforcement entity attempting to bring him to justice. While a few honest officials try and take him down, the bad man sets up a final battle against his biggest rival. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
The revenge tale El Castrado concerns an officer who is castrated by a man he is attempting to apprehend. The storyline follows the obsessed officer who seeks out retribution on the criminal responsible for his injury. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
In this taut action thriller from Mexico, a group of radical extremists have decided to take their actions against the state to the next level. In a bid to raise both money and public attention for their cause, the four revolutionaries kidnap twentysomething Marcia, whose father is a wealthy and powerful business magnate. As the radicals hold Marcia for ransom, the young woman is thrown from her sheltered life into a world of danger, but as she struggles to find a way to free herself, she finds herself becoming infatuated with one of her abductors. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
The thriller Deseo Criminal concerns a murder investigation that finds numerous members of a family suspects when the paternal head of the household dies. As the facts slowly become exposed, members of the family learn truths that had stayed hidden for decades. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Agustin Bernal, Leonardo Daniel, (more)
Two men -- one good, one corrupt -- are brought together by a cache of money in this blend of action and comedy from Mexico. Bronco is an ill-tempered drug dealer whose abusive treatment of his crew leads one of them to run off with the gang's bankroll. Through a twist of fate, Bronco's money is discovered by Rodrigo (Eleazar Garcia), a man of principle who wants to use the money for charitable purposes. Bronco isn't about to let anyone else spend his money, no matter what is to be done with it, and he sets out to find the stolen cash. As Rodrigo becomes the target of Bronco and his henchmen, he finds himself falling in love with Maria (Rossana San Juan), a lovely woman whose father, Don Cruz (Mario Almada), is a man of no small power in Sinaloa. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
A pair of lifelong friends looking to escape the violence and corruption of their homeland in Medellin, Columbia, and start a successful business in Mexico City find that no matter how far you run, you can never truly escape your past in Fernando Durán Rojas' action-packed tale of hope and brotherhood. Their dreams crushed by the violence that surrounds them in Medellin, Beto and Rodrigo opt to seek their fame in Mexico City instead. The cruel grasp of corruption reaches further than they anticipated, though, and upon being pitted against one and other by a crooked senator, the pair quickly discovers that, in the ruthless realms of crime and business, not even your best friend can be trusted when times get tough. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- 1988
In this routine adventure feature, Ramiro Caro (Rolando Fernandez) is an accused cocaine dealer who escapes from police after his capture. He is chased through cities and jungles by the lawmen who fall one by one at the hands of the wily Caro. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Rolando Fernandez, Rosa Gloria Chagoyan, (more)
- 1987
In Central America, the peasants are nearly all "Indios," or people whose cultural values are those of indigenous people (rather than European or Spanish). Since the landowning and propertied classes abuse them horribly, these same ruling-class types live in perpetual fear of a bloody uprising. As a result, they suppress and abuse the peasants even more. Ironically, for the most part these peaceable people only want to be left alone. Those who do want to foment revolution have virtually no weapons and few allies to help them. In this action/adventure movie, based on a true incident, a group of Guatemalan peasants who have sought refuge in Mexico are sought out by Guatemalan death squads, and those who aren't tortured and killed are taken away in captivity. The hero in the story is a Mexican hunter whose family is mistakenly included in the raid and who teams up with a few of the survivors to win his family back and take revenge. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Mario Almada, Gilberto Trujillo, (more)
While Salvador wasn't Oliver Stone's first film (a pair of offbeat horror stories preceded it), it defined his style of fiercely dramatic, politically oriented filmmaking, staked out his territory as one of the major directors of the 1980s and 1990s, and remains one of his strongest works to date. Veteran photojournalist Richard Boyle (James Woods) has been taking his camera to the world's trouble spots for over 20 years; while he does good work, Boyle's fondness for booze and drugs, and his colossal arrogance, have given him a reputation that's left him practically unemployable. Broke and with no immediate prospects, Boyle and his buddy Doctor Rock (Jim Belushi), an out-of-work disc jockey, head to El Salvador, where Boyle is convinced that he can scare up some lucrative freelance work amidst the nation's political turmoil. However, when Boyle and Rock witness the execution of a student by government troops just as they enter the country, it becomes clear that this war is more serious than they were expecting. Increasingly convinced that El Salvador is a disaster starting to happen, Boyle eventually decides that it's time to get out; but he has fallen in love with a woman named Maria (Elpidia Carrillo), and he doesn't want to leave her behind. James Woods gives one of his best performances as Boyle; and the passion of Stone's message, aided by the power of its truth (the film is based on actual events), propels the film forward. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- James Woods, James Belushi, (more)
Two special police unit officers find their longstanding feud coming to a violent head in this south-of-the-border action thriller starring Agustin Bernal and Fernando Saenz. Years ago, Jorge and Alejandro were both involved in a rescue mission gone horribly awry. As a direct result of the doomed mission, the once strong bond between the pair rapidly dissolved. Now, when Alejandro falls in love with Jorge's sister, an undying grudge from the past threatens to destroy the futures of all involved. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
When the leaders of a drug trafficking operation clash with the criminal masterminds of a rival outlaw enterprise, the explosive showdown that follows will have rattled viewers ducking gunfire in this two-fisted action thriller starring Alfredo Gutierrez. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Drug trafficking and underworld rivalries spark a series of violent territorial wars in the bad lands of Mexico in this action-packed drama starring Roberto "Flaco" Guzman. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
When an indigenous Mexican man is arrested for a crime he did not commit, he soon escapes and wages a brutal campaign of revenge in this Spanish-language action thriller starring Gerardo Albarran, Agustin Bernal, and John Solis. The corrupt local police force are willing to go to great lengths to ensure that their crooked ways are not made public, and the situation soon turns into a bullet-strewn battle for power between the wrongly accused, the police who are attempting to silence him, and the enraged locals. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
When the cops and the mob face off in a fierce battle of justice versus lawlessness, the streets ignite in a hail of gunfire. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
