"El Topo" was one of the first midnight-movie cult hits because of its visually stunning, mentally exciting indulgence in gratuitous sex and exaggerated violence
Avenging angel El Topomeant to be wise and mysticalrides into a town whose population has just been massacred
He guns down some of the cruel and perverse bandits responsible and brutally punishes their leader
He leaves his seven-year-old son with some monks and goes away with the gang leader's woman, Mara
In the desert sands, El Topo and Mara make love, and she quickly falls in love with him
After their frantic love-making, she tells him that he can prove that he's the 'best' by killing the Four Masters
For no apparent reason other than to please Mara, El Topo begins his mission, defeating and killing each of the Four Masters
The film has been quite controversial
It lacks clarity and has painful emotions that make it quite compelling
![Trailer [English SUB]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDJjMmZmYjktYzM5Yi00YzNlLWEyNjAtZTQ0ZTRlYjJiOTdmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg)
