Mario Almada Filmography

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Under the Same Moon

Actors: Adrian Alonso, Kate del Castillo, Eugenio Derbez, Maya Zapata, Carmen Salinas

Synopsis: The debut feature from director Patricia Riggen, this drama centers on a young boy's journey across the U.S./Mexico border to be reunited with his mother. Adrian Alonso stars as Carlitos, a Mexican adolescent living with his grandmother while his mother works as a maid in the U.S., hoping someday Read More

3/21/08
Desafiando La Muerte

Actors: Mario Almada, Jorge Reynoso, Fernando Casanova, Maria Cardinal, Ricardo Carrion

2008
Encuentro Final

Actors: Mario Almada, Lucha Villa

2005
Avioneta Colombiana

2002
The Mountain Hawk

Actors: Guillermo Larrea, Juan Angel Esparza, Claudia Goitia, Abel Woolrich, Mario Almada

Synopsis: A balladeer seeks the truth about the life and death of his outlaw brother in Mexican director Juan Antonio de la Riva's 2002 drama The Mountain Hawk. Musician Rosendo Nevarez (Guillermo Larrea) learns of his brother Gabriel's (Juan Angel Esparza) death in a remote spot in the Durango Mountains Read More

2002
El Arbol de la Horca

2001
Marcados Por La Probreza

2001
Corazón de Tequila

Actors: Mario Almada, Marisol Santacruz, Ana Luisa Peluffo, Andrés Bonfiglio

Synopsis: One man's success brings out the evil instincts in his enemy in this drama from Mexico. Don Pancho Murguia is an honest man who has built a successful business making tequila, which is regarded as the best Mexico has to offer. But he has a bitter rival in Mateo San Juan, whose corruption matches Read More

2000
La Ley de Guerrero

2000
Ranger la Ultima Mision

1999
Tumba Para Dos

1999
El Ultimo Cartucho

Actors: Fernando Almada, Mario Almada, César Alejandro, David Otero

1999
El Fantasma de la Coca

1999
Cuadro Sangriento

Actors: Mario Almada, Eleazar Garcia, Jr.

1999
Sendero Mortal

1999
Caminos Chuecos

1999
La Ronda de la Muerte

Actors: Mario Almada, Flaco Guzman, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez

1998
Rodeo de Media Noche 2

1998
Traición con Traición se paga

Actors: Mario Almada, Gustavo Aguilar

1996
Un Asesinato Perfecto

Actors: Mario Almada, Andrés Bonfiglio

1996
La Verdadera de Jonas Arango

Actors: Mario Almada, Mario Arevalo

1996
Archivos Policiacos

1996
Secuestro

Synopsis: In this taut action thriller from Mexico, a group of radical extremists have decided to take their actions against the state to the next level. In a bid to raise both money and public attention for their cause, the four revolutionaries kidnap twentysomething Marcia, whose father is a wealthy and Read More

1995
Vacuna Antidroga

1995
Fuerza Maldita

Synopsis: Christian Gonzalez action horror hybrid Fuerza Maldita concerns a group of hired guns assigned to rescue the daughter of a kidnapped politician from a haunted forest. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

1995
Sinaloa, Tierra De Hombres

Synopsis: Two men -- one good, one corrupt -- are brought together by a cache of money in this blend of action and comedy from Mexico. Bronco is an ill-tempered drug dealer whose abusive treatment of his crew leads one of them to run off with the gang's bankroll. Through a twist of fate, Bronco's money is Read More

1994
Muerto el Perro se Acabo la Rabia

Actors: Mario Almada

1994
Tengo que matarlos

Actors: Mario Almada, Leonardo Daniel, Fernando Almada, Rosario Escobar, Carmen del Valle

1991
Reportera en Peligro

1991
Mientras la Ciudad Duerme

1991
Juan Nadie

Actors: Mario Almada, Claudia Guzmán, Teresa Velazquez, Carlos Cardan, Juan Gallardo

Synopsis: The action film Juan Madie concerns a man who spends his life outside the law after he murdered the man who raped his mother. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

1991
Armos, Robo y Muerte

1991
El Corrido de Los Perez

1991
Un Corazon Para Dos

Actors: Pedro Fernandez, Daniela Leites, Mario Almada

1990
Pueblo de Madera

Actors: Alonso Echanove, Gabriela Roel, Ignacio Guadalupe

Synopsis: In the early 1990s, Durango was a heavily forested region of Mexico, remote from citified life, and dependent on logging for income. This drama focuses on lives in transition in a town in the middle of those forests, where for decades the local movie theater has been the source for information and Read More

1990
Noche de Pánico

Actors: Mario Almada, Hugo Stiglitz

Synopsis: The Spanish language thriller Noche de Panico transpires during a serious drought. As water becomes more and more scarce, people start dying. That is when people start killing each other for the precious fluid. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

1990
Traficantes del Vicio

1990
Vivir Para Morir

1990
La Zona del Silencio

Synopsis: A team of Mexican investigators set out to examine the site of an American missile crash, only to uncover a mysterious finding that may forever change their view of the universe they inhabit in this sci-fi thriller starring Mario Almada and Andres Garcia. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

1990
Atentado

Synopsis: When an ambitious gang of international terrorists target the Pope for assassination, it's up to one lone cop to ensure the safety of the revered Catholic icon hit in director Avinadain Bautista's explosive action thriller. The Pope is all set to visit Mexico, but this fateful trip abroad may be Read More

1990
El Fugitivo de Sonora

Actors: Mario Almada, Fernando Almada, Gregorio Casals

1989
Tres Veces Mojado

1989
Me Llaman Violencia

1989
Blood Screams

Actors: Russ Tamblyn, Stacey Shaffer, Mario Almada, Rafael Sanchez Navarro, Isela Vega

Synopsis: Blood Screams, a fairly entertaining, bloody horror thriller filmed in Mexico and directed by Glenn Gebhard, is the familiar story of two young people who must fight a supernatural killer. When the townspeople of a small Mexican village start mysteriously disappearing, the frightened Read More

1988
La Coyota Dos

Actors: Rebeca Silva, Mario Almada, Noe Murayama, Juan Valentin, Claudia Guzmán

Synopsis: The revolution in Mexico which brought the P.R.I. to power took place well before World War I and is the subject of countless Mexican movies. In this story, a sequel to the 1986 hit La Coyota, Rosalba has lost her land and her lover to the oppressive authorities and she joins the poor people in Read More

1988
Operacion Marijuana

Actors: Mario Almada, Narciso Busquets, José Carlos Ruiz, Ernesto Gómez Cruz

Synopsis: The mere fact of a marijuana plantation in the Mexican state of Chihuahua might not be enough to upset many, and many factors contribute to escalating lawlessness of the gangsters who cultivate and sell the drug. The plantation in question was much too large for the Mexican authorities to ignore Read More

1987
El Muerto del Paolmo

Actors: Valentin Trujillo, Mario Almada, Carmen Montejo, Pedro Infante, Jr., Humberto Elizondo

Synopsis: All in one majestic sweep of bad luck, Valentin lost a horse race he was riding in and was arrested on a trumped-up charge for murdering his best friend. He survives quite a few years in prison, and returns to his hometown to ride again. His successes on the race track mirror his restoration to Read More

1987
La Venganza Del Rojo

Synopsis: In this drama, a doctor helps wounded rebels. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1987
Yo, El Ejecutor

Actors: Valentin Trujillo, Patricia Maria, Mario Almada, Pedro "Chatanuga" Weber

Synopsis: While he may not be a super-hero with magical powers, Valente has a way with arrows, knives, darts, pistols and various other mayhem-inducing hardware, as he secretly pursues (and kills) a variety of bad guys while protecting his reporter girlfriend in Los Angeles, California. ~ Clarke Fountain Read More

1987
Tragico Terremoto En Mexico

Actors: Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, Mario Almada, Diana Golden, Pedro "Chatanuga" Weber

Synopsis: This routine disaster melodrama is based on the actual earthquake that occurred in Mexico City on September 19th, 1985. Paty (Diana Golden) is an unwed expectant mother who has been discarded by her idiotic boyfriend Miguel (Miguel Angel Rodriguez). She is taken to the hospital just before the Read More

1987
Emilio Varela vs. Camelia La Texana

Actors: Mario Almada, Silvia Manriquez, Jorge Russek, Jenny

Synopsis: It sounds like a sports video, but Emilio Varela vs. Camelia La Texana is actually a Mexican crime flick. The title characters are a couple of criminals. When one announces his intention to reform, the other is sore and annoyed. The rest of the film charts the decline and fall of a beautiful Read More

1987
El Cuatrero

1987
Cartucha Cortada

Actors: Fernando Almada, Mario Almada, Martha Ortiz, Victor Junco, Humberto Herrera

Synopsis: Life is good for the good Dr. César Fuentes. He has plenty of money, a good marriage, a healthy young son and a nice house in addition to his interesting job. When a man who used to be his gardener teams up with a drug baron to kidnap his son, that's bad. They want a mere $20,000, which should be Read More

1987
Fin Del Tahur

Synopsis: The love of a woman for a gambler helps him to meet his deceitful rival. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1987
El Extraño Hijo Del Sheriff

Actors: Erick del Castillo, Mario Almada, Rosa Gloria Chagoyan, Luis Mario Quiroz, Ramon Menedez

Synopsis: Sheriff Frederick Jackson (Eric del Castillo) seeks an operation to separate his Siamese twin boys in this symbolic and unusual western. Luis Mario Quiroz plays Fred and Erick, who are allowed to reach childhood before undergoing the operation. Erick dies and inhabits Fred's body, and the soul of Read More

1987
Treinta Segundos Para Morir

Synopsis: In action-drama, three brothers smuggle narcotics and explosives. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1987
Sin Salida

Synopsis: When a man crosses paths with a group of gangsters, they pursue him throughout Mexico City. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

1987
El Ansia de Matar

Actors: Mario Almada, Gilberto Trujillo, Jorge Luke, Diana Golden, Teresa Velazquez

Synopsis: In Central America, the peasants are nearly all "Indios," or people whose cultural values are those of indigenous people (rather than European or Spanish). Since the landowning and propertied classes abuse them horribly, these same ruling-class types live in perpetual fear of a bloody uprising. As Read More

1987
Un Hombre Violente

Actors: Valentin Trujillo, Mario Almada, Rafael Inclán, Maribel Guardia, Gilberto Trujillo

Synopsis: This fast-paced tale of a bloody feud between two families is compelling in its action and characters. Julian Carrera (Valentin Trujillo, also the director) and his brother run an auto repair shop, both are well-adjusted and normal young men. One day their beloved father is robbed and murdered. Read More

1986
Escuadron De La Muerte

Actors: Mario Almada, Hugo Stiglitz, Sergio Goyri, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, Gerardo Vigil

Synopsis: Police Captain Balbuena (Mario Almada) is taken off the case when he uncovers police involvement with notorious drug smugglers in this action drama. When he loses his job, Balbuena gathers a group of outlaws to go after the gangsters. El Loco Ordonez (Jorge Luke) is recruited to lead the Read More

1986
Tacos De Oro

1986
La Fuga Del Rojo

Actors: Mario Almada, Carmen del Valle, Noe Murayama, Patricia Rivera

Synopsis: Alfredo Gurrola's 1985 Spanish-language thriller El Rojo's Escape (La Fuga del Rojo) concerns the title character (Mario Almada), a rogue mercenary approached by a group of fighters in desperate need of guns and ammunition. The men enlist El Rojo's services, and he undertakes a dangerous mission Read More

1985
El Criminal

Actors: Fernando Almada, Mario Almada, Isaura Espinoza, Roberto Cañedo

Synopsis: This tortilla Western has a story based on the lyrics of a ballad, and stars Fernando Almada as Jesus Coronado and Mario Almada as Demetrio Coronado, two brothers in real life who make approximately eight of these films a year. This time Jesus has just served a 10-year prison sentence, is minus a Read More

1985
Siete En La Mira

Actors: Mario Almada, Jorge Reynoso, Eleazar Garcia, Jr., Adalberto Arvizu

Synopsis: In a bloody version of Wyatt Earp's shootout at the OK Corral, escalated several times over, this story substitutes a motorcycle gang for the outlaws, and the "Law" is represented not by a U.S. Marshal, but by two antagonistic men. Sheriff Ventura (Mario Almada) counsels his deputy Yunke (Javier Read More

1985
Los Jinetes De La Bruja

1985
El Rey De Los Tahures

Synopsis: A young boy witnesses his father's murder by a man wearing a distinctive ring. Now a man, he begins searching for the killer. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1984
Chacal Za Parte

Synopsis: A Southwestern lawman must prevent his deranged brother from becoming a killer. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

1984
La Mugrosita

Synopsis: This feature from Spain follows an orphan who's made to impersonate the missing son of his father figure's landlord in order for the two to escape eviction. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide Read More

1982
Hombres de Accion

1981
La Muerte del Palomo

Synopsis: When a dedicated jockey finds that the local politicians are not to be trusted and begins to feel his romance with a beautiful woman slowly slipping away, his last-ditch effort to risk it all for his trusted horse Palomo shows that sometimes animals are truly man's best friend in a touching Read More

1981
San Miguel El Alto

1979
El Arracadas

Actors: Vicente Fernandez

1977
Por Eso

Synopsis: In this Civil War era western, los hermanos Almadas are assigned to escort a wagon train filled with orphans across the war torn US. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1977
El Hombre

1976
Peor Que Las Fieras

1976
Nido De Aguilas

Synopsis: In this adventure, a pair of brothers ride out to wreak vengeance upon the ranch-stealing outlaws who butchered their ma and pa. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1976
Los Jinetes De La Bruja

Synopsis: This Mexican chiller was released to English-language markets as The Witches' Horsemen. Innocent puppeteers are murdered on a ranch owned by a despotic Frenchman. A witch and her horseman plot revenge. When vengeanace is theirs, it's a honey of a horror. Bianca Sanchez, Kitty De Hoyos, Fernando Read More

1976
Simon Blanco

Synopsis: In this adventure set after the Mexican Revolution, a war hero endeavors to protect his lovely wife from the murderous men who covet her. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1974
Debieron Ahorcarlos Antes

1974
Indio

Synopsis: The Spanish-language Mexican vigilante drama Indio concerns an unscrupulous and sociopathic land developer who schemes to wrest a piece of land away from an Apache Indian tribe. His diabolical plan involves poisoning most of the water on-site. It succeeds in the short term by wiping out most of Read More

1972
Emiliano Zapata

1970
Su precio unos dólares

Synopsis: In Raúl de Anda's 1970 Spanish-language western Su precio unos dólares (AKA For a Handful of Dollars), several dancehall girls seduce a bank proprietor to obtain inside information that will enable them to intercept and rob a gold shipment. Problems arise, however, when several money-hungry Read More

1970
Todo Por Nada

Synopsis: When two brothers return to their home, they find that their family has been the victims of a brutal slaying. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

1968
Sabor De La Venganza

Synopsis: When a man is killed, his wife and son set out to get revenge. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

12/19/63
La Camioneta Gris
Carrera Contra La Muerte

Actors: Mario Almada, Eduardo Yañez, Karen Senties, Gilberto Trujillo
La Jaula De Oro

Synopsis: This film presents excerpts from the lives of two Mexican-American families who have resided in Los Angeles for over 10 years and suddenly find their stability threatened by the "Simpson-Rodino" act. The film pays special attention to the irony of their position, as both families work so hard to Read More
En Defensa Propia

Synopsis: Tired of being mistreated and oppressed by a tyrannical baron, a group of landowners launch a revolt. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Prisioneras del Deseo

Actors: Mario Almada, Cesar Bono, Guillermo Quintanilla, Angelica Soler

Synopsis: The Spanish language melodrama Prisioneras del Desco concerns Sara, a single mother who is having serious financial trouble. In order to make ends meat, she considers turning to prostitution to pay the bills. She must decide if the trouble these actions would bring to herself and her family would Read More
Cabalgando Con La Muerte

Synopsis: Cabalgando Con La Muerte concerns a lone-wolf cowboy named Candido. His sense of personal honor puts him in a situation where he enters in a land war against the ruthless Sebastian, a greedy unethical man aiming to control vast sections of land. To that end Sebastian has sent his henchmen to Read More
Tianguis, Ratas De Ciudad

Synopsis: When the cops and the mob face off in a fierce battle of justice versus lawlessness, the streets ignite in a hail of gunfire. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More
El Fiscal De Hierro