Review of El Topo (1970) by I Don't Know W — 18 Oct 2011
This was Alejandro Jodorowsky's first recognised cult movie in the early seventies. Shot in Mexico, El Topo (or the mole in English) is a gunslinger (played by Jodorowsky), who, dressed completely in black leather, rides on his horse with his seven-year-old son through the desert; until they come across a massacre of people.
One of the survivors tells El Topo who the culprits are, and he then takes on the guise of God and seeks revenge. There is a lot of surrealistic imagery from then on as Jodorowsky explores violence, racism and religious themes, but it is absorbing and the ending is very obscure.
An easy candidate for a cult movie.
This review of El Topo (1970) was written by I Don't Know W on 18 Oct 2011.
El Topo has generally received positive reviews.
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