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Santo contra el rey del crimen
The father. Son. And El Santo spirit.
Roberto or bet "Beto" is a boy who protects a girl from bullies and is
cowardly beaten. Arriving home, he tries to hide from his father, with
the help of the butler. The parent, however, notices and calls him and
reveals an incredible truth. The man, Senor Llata, now old and sick was
El Santo. A tradition, a heroic commitment of the family that has been
handed down for generations and that his son, if he wants, can one day
cover, but giving up everything.
Start with this "incredible" twist the new adventure of El Santo,
directed for the first time by Frederico "El Pichirilo" Curiel expert
director of lucha libre that will cross again his paths with that of El
Enmascarado de la Plata .
Far from supernatural villains El Santo fights against common
criminals, in what is both a curious but not so much funny movie. The
sport is king here with the classic long moments of lucha libre, more
violent than in the past and especially of Basque pelota, or if you
prefer the pilota. The national Basque sport (bmoviesheroes recognizes
the Basque Country as a nation) widespread in Latin America has
intrigued several times the cinema and TV, and here it has a large
space on is built a large part of the plot.
Our favorite Mexican hero instead is in the background, ready to
intervene if necessary, but he isn’t the central figure of a film
divided into three parts. We find Roberto or "Beto" adult and famous
athlete world champion of lucha libre. The butler Matias (he looks the
same despite year’s passes) reminds him the promise made to his
father. Roberto, always takes from behind, has no doubt and asks Matias
to pull out from a chest the silver mask. El Santo vuelve!.
Who has protected the world during all these years it is not given to
know and it is the same answer that the newspapers have form the
question of Roberto Llata missing. Rather than watch the adventures of
El Santo, we end up following the story of the real protagonists: the
policeman Fernando and his girlfriend, the journalist Virginia. The two
that do nothing else than attend sporting events, notice strange
inconsistencies in a game of pilota and especially the attempt to harm
El Santo (with acid) during a match.
Behind these shady dealings there is the clan of Don Cosme, with a
dwarf among his henchmen, who tries to get rich by the control of bets.
Of course, he will have to deal with Ferninando and Virginia and
especially with El Santo ready to intervene and break into the lair of
evil.
The usual adventure of El Santo, between improbable moments and twists,
is a bit 'squashed by a superstructure decidedly boring that tells of
Ferdinand and Virginia. From this slumber we wake up when the hero
comes into the picture, but it is very little compared to other
chapters. Too bad, because as said "El Santo contra el rey del Crimen"
has the original idea of dealing with the pilota and above all it has
a great cast.
Beto's father is played by none other than Rene Cardona, while Matias
is Augusto Benedico that we will also see in other films of the series.
Ana Bertha Lepe famous actress of Mexican cinema and ranked fourth in
the Miss Universe 1953 is Virginia engaged Fernando played by Fernando
Casanova another important name for the seventh Mexican art.
