Petty criminal Harry Mitchell and girlfriend Stacey Woodward (Stella Stevens) split half a million stolen from the mob. He takes off for Aapulco. Mob hitman Dano Villanova (Rip Torn) is sent to retrieve the money. Government agent Sol Madrid (David McCallum) finds Stacey. He hopes to bring down drug lord Emil Dietrich (Telly Savalas) with her help. Jalisco (Ricardo Montalban) is Sol Madrid's local contact in Mexico.
This is inferior James Bond. Maybe they are trying to be more real and failing. There is some brutal stuff in the subject matter. Either way, it's not that good. There are quite a few familiar faces. David McCallum is not necessarily a leading man type although I guess he had a leading role in The Man from U. N. C. L. E. During that time. I still don't see it. I don't get Sol and Stacey. I don't get why she goes with him. She threatens to leave at one point. Non of it seems reasonable. The plot is a bit clunky and simplistic. It's sometimes interesting to see some of the lesser films of an era. They do spend most of their time in sunny Mexico and that's something. Oh, it's also a horrible name even for a can of sardines.
This is inferior James Bond. Maybe they are trying to be more real and failing. There is some brutal stuff in the subject matter. Either way, it's not that good. There are quite a few familiar faces. David McCallum is not necessarily a leading man type although I guess he had a leading role in The Man from U. N. C. L. E. During that time. I still don't see it. I don't get Sol and Stacey. I don't get why she goes with him. She threatens to leave at one point. Non of it seems reasonable. The plot is a bit clunky and simplistic. It's sometimes interesting to see some of the lesser films of an era. They do spend most of their time in sunny Mexico and that's something. Oh, it's also a horrible name even for a can of sardines.