spoiler spoiler i be peruse the foreign section of the local video store of rare and hard to find films when i saw el topo sit plainly on the shelf . my heart rise and a i have hear much about the film and want to see it very much plus it be so hard to find and jesus christ it be sit right there . i take it home and watch it right away . i be extremely disappointed . folk and there be a reason why this movie be so hard to find and let me tell you . ( spoiler ) the first half of this movie have the main character el topo with his young son rid through the desert where they encounter various violent wierdnesses . the first be a barn in the middle of nowhere with mutilate human and cattle all over the place . only one man be leave he be lie on the ground and wound and and beg for el topo to put him out of his misery . el topo give his gun to the seven year old boy and who kill the man . nice and right . this be just one of the many pointless situation they get themselves into . after this and they arrive somewhere else and and then somewhere else and again and again and just for more unexplained violence and without any other plot and explanation and or transition between these episode . the second half begin after el topo be shoot dead . we be take to yet another remote village in the desert ( again and without any explanation or reason whatsoever ) . a few scene stand out in my head represent1 . ) a man be slave over a group of woman in some sort of salon . they all seem to be hit on him and want him to fool around with them . eventually and one of the woman drop something and and when he bend over to pick it up for her and she pull him to her inner thigh and then start scream out that he be advance on her without her consent . the other woman rush over and start hit him and then sexually abuse him and all the while shout at him to stop rap them . he be drag outside by the town men where he be hung and shot . 2 . ) in some sort of room and a bunch of townspeople be pass around a gun load with one blank bullit ( which they pretend be real ) and pretend to play russian roulette . everyone miss the blank bullit and and shout out that they be holy for be so lucky . the son of el topo ( who have find his way to this village and now grow into a man ) take the gun and remove the blank and replaces it with a real bullit . he then do a round of roulette on himself and survives . the people love it . they pass around the gun and pull the trigger on themselves and survive . each time and they shout out praise to god and what not . in all the excitement and a young child grab the gun and shoot himself in the head and dy . if these scene be suppose to mean something and i sure a hell miss the point . ( end of spoiler ) it not that i do not like jodorowsky work and or be weak stomached . i adore santa sangre and would recommend it to anyone . it just that the film seem to exploit unpleasantness a if it be a valuable asset in a film . it do so without entertainment and shock value and or any other form of success and just come off a a waste of the little time and money it might have cost to make it . it be offensive for that reason offensively bad . anyone who be on this website must appreciate good film . i know i do . there be so much else to apply your mind to and lady and gentleman . go out and rent something worth your while . don not rent this crap just because it rare and notorious . that why i rent it and but that not why i do not like it . even for those who pursue hard to find videos and like me represent beware . this be pretty lousy film making .