Polo Ortin Movies
La Cantina concerns the unusual relationship between a father and a daughter. The dad is a warm and likable man, but he has a serious alcohol problem. His daughter loves him, but is continuously frustrated by his unreliability. Things finally reach the point where the daughter moves out, but the father is surprised when she ends up staying with one of his usual drinking buddies. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
A man with roving eyes discovers his bad habit gets him into several kinds of trouble in this comedy from Mexico. Pepe (Rafael Inclán) works at a luxurious resort hotel, where he is often tempted to spy on the guests and his fellow employees. After being caught one too many times looking where his eyes don't belong, Pepe loses his job, which causes his girlfriend to give him his walking papers. But Pepe isn't certain what he should do when, while sneaking around the hotel on his own time, he discovers a gang of kidnappers is making plans to abduct the children of the hotel's guests. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Per its title, the Spanish-language docudrama Tragedia en Waco Texas recounts the grisly end of the Branch Davidian compound in April, 1993, in Waco, Texas. This gripping and disturbing reenactment, helmed by Mexican director Fernando Durán, dramatizes the events preceding, during, and following the Janet Reno-ordered FBI siege on the 'Mt. Carmel Center' headquarters of the religious cult masterminded by the ill-fated David Koresh - during which a fire reduced the entire operation to a pile of ash. The film stars Jorge Reynoso, Jorge Ortín , Ana Luisa Peluffo and Polo Ortín. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jorge Ortín, Jorge Reynoso, (more)
Juan Benegas (Vincete Fernandez) and his brother Pablo (Andres Garcia) return home for the funeral of their domineering mother in this comedy. Along with their father Pedro (Lalo Gonzalez), the brothers declare themselves free of restrictions and vow to have a good time. The three go to town where they pretend to be strangers to fleece the locals in a card game. Their winnings attract the attention of Rossy (Olivia Collins), a pretty bank robber who covets the cash and not the crooks. Soon father and sons are falling all over themselves for the woman, and the camaraderie is crushed. A mariachi band accompanies Fernandez on several ranchero songs. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Vicente Fernandez, Andrés García, (more)
Rafael Inclan stars again as Mofles in this comedy sequel to Mofles Y Los Mecanicos. Mofles and his garage mechanic buddies engage in drinking and alcoholic revelry. As is the case with many sequels, this fails to live up to the quality of the initial feature. The groups Generation 2000 and Los Infieles provide music in the routine club scenes. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Rafael Inclán, Manuel "Flaco" Ibanez, (more)
- 1987
Paco (Otto Sirgo) is a degenerate gambler in need of fast cash in this uneven, slapstick sex comedy. He conspires to marry women and collect on the insurance money after he kills them. Paco soon gives up his self delusion of being a modern-day Bluebeard after botching several murders. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Otto Sirgo, Sasha Montenegro, (more)
El Mofles (Rafael Inclan) is a poor mechanic who works at the Los Pits garage in this low-budget comedy. When he finds a bag full of money, Mofles is elated until the crooks who stole the loot come looking for him and the missing cash. Music groups Generacion 2000, Los Chicanos, and Grupo Centarario appear to help add to the thin plot. The comedy highlight is a birthday celebration that turns into a drunken fiesta. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Rafael Inclán, Maribel Fernandez, (more)
An all-star cast of popular Mexican comics appears in this uneven sex comedy. A wife paints a nude picture of her husband who suspects infidelity when he is not portrayed as being anatomically correct. A veterinarian becomes obsessed over a beautiful showgirl, and the devil emerges from hell to enjoy the earthly pleasures of bar hopping. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jorge Rivero, Sasha Montenegro, (more)
- 1987
Two men tempt fate and risk losing relationships with their women in this uneven low-budget comedy. The men incur the feminine wrath of their partners when they spend their time drinking, bowling, and flirting with floozies. The women retaliate by going out on the town to make the men jealous. The film title is taken from a popular song performed by Franco and Emmanuel. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roberto "Flaco" Guzman, Jorge Luke, (more)
- 1987
In this comedy sequel to the 1985 film (the original lacks the "II" in the title), Constancio (Alfonso Zayas), the male gigolo with a six-foot, four-inch tall infant son, falls afoul of the mafia when he becomes the favorite kept man of the wife of an underworld bigshot. Before long, he, the mafioso's wife, and his peculiar infant son are on the run from the bad guys. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Alfonso Zayas, Sasha Montenegro, (more)
- 1987
In this western, a cowboy falls in love with the daughter of a dishonest rancher who opposes him. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
This across-the-border comedy features a heavy-footed Mexican cab driver who's pointed remarks fly just as fast as her cab. ~ All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Rafael Inclán, Maribel Fernandez, (more)
- 1986
This is a low-budget, low-brow comedy about people who have the misfortune of working in a hospital, though not as much misfortune as the patients. The doctors are universally incompetent, none of the nurses have been able to find a uniform that was not a tad too small, gangsters wander in and out of the premises, and misfits make up the corps of ambulance drivers, and sometimes, patients as well. The storyline is put together as a series of skits that revolve around a threat of foreclosure to the premises. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Susana Dosamantes, Fernando Luján, (more)
Monica (Isela Vega) is a showgirl who is kidnapped by her uncle who heads the Texas mob in this routine comedy. A trio of drunks from Mexico City sneak across the border to rescue Monica, who is being held because she know too much about her uncle's activities. Rafael Inclan, Roberto (Flaco) Guzman, and Polo Ortin play the comic trio who fool the mob and inept immigration officials. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Isela Vega, Rafael Inclán, (more)
- 1978
Picardia Mexicana tells the tale of a teacher who helps turn two classmates who hate each other into very good friends. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
Mexican comedienne La India Maria stars in this political comedy in which a woman who has no political experience to speak of is inexplicably elected to the office of mayor. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- María Elena Velasco, Adalberto "Resortes" Martinez, (more)
