Yako, cazador de malditos (1986) Poster

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4/10
Not so good Mexisploitation.
insomniac_rod1 September 2008
"Yako, Cazador de Malditos" is the typical exploitation flick that deals with revenge. Yes, a revenge flick in other words.

Unlike most of American's films of the kind; this one does not have too much graphic violence, gore, or even elaborated f/x that could gross out the audience.

The plot deals with a band of mountain rednecks who murder Yako's pregnant wife. Obviously, Yako takes revenge on every single gang member. The survivor of the gang, "El Texano" is actually who killed his wife. The ending is predictable and I expected more violence on it.

So, this is a light Mexisploitation flick with plenty of mediocre acting (specially from Yañez and Chatanuga), dull murder and action sequences, and horrible music.

The best feature of the movie is the crisp cinematography that gives a feeling of a 70's exploitation flick.

If you are easily amused by Mexican action/revenge flicks you might want to check out this one. If not, please avoid it! It tries too hard to be taken seriously.
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7/10
Not For The Faint of Heart: A Violent Film About Vengeance
FloatingOpera75 April 2006
Warning: Spoilers
Cast: Eduardo Yanez, Diana Ferreti, Gregorio Casals, Humberto Elizondo, This Mexican film was released in 1986 and filmed in UCLA, Chinatown, Los Angeles and the Mexican forest/jungle. Powerfully-built and sexy Mexican actor Eduardo Yanez has done a lot of films, both Mexican and American, and has done TV work- soap operas, American programs like Cold Case and CSI Miami. Here he plays Yako, a man whose girlfriend attends UCLA and has a promising career in Broadway dance and classical ballet. She becomes pregnant with his child and they decide to vacation in the forest. A gang of rough, wild men force Yako to watch as they gang-rape and kill her. Yako's sole mission is to avenge her death. He discovers their hide-out and one by one kills all the members of the evil gang. This type of film, with its graphic, unbearable violence, crude, vulgar dialogue, and lots of physical fights, caters to Mexican men who watch violent films, popular since the 70's after the bold director/actor Mario Almada made films supposedly to mirror the world's violent reality. It's interesting to note how the soundtrack is classical music. They use the main theme from Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake and Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries. The film is not really good but I know plenty of men who would enjoy this action garbage. The plot is predictable. However, I do like that even when a second victim of gang is rescued by Yanez, he opts not to become her lover as he honors his dead girlfriend. And the forest scenes are lovely. Totally unrealistic but eh.
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