‘Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia’
Written & Directed by Sam Peckinpah
Few modern directors have been able to master the art of action and gratuitous violence like the legendary Sam Peckinpah. Best known for his honest, bloodier-than-most westerns (The Wild Bunch) and war films (Cross of Iron), Peckinpah also made some great action movies including The Getaway and The Killer Elite. This is probably one of Peckinpah’s least familiar titles, but it carries just as much Peckinpah punch as the rest.
Bennie (Warren Oates) is a bartender. A couple guys wearing high-dollar suits roll into town and offer Bennie a few G’s to track down Alfredo Garcia. As it turns out, Alfredo impregnated the daughter of a very wealthy Mexican cartel lord and now daddy wants revenge on the man who broke his little girl’s heart … he’s put a million dollar bounty on the head of Alfredo Garcia. Continue reading That 70’s Movie: ‘Bring Me the Head…’ (1974)