Fantastic Fest 2023 was from September 21 to 28 and has so many movies that I can’t wait to see. You can learn more about this movie and when it is played here.

Gabriel (Mario Mayo) is known to his friends as Nuthead. The ex-convict and once-upon-a-time boxer earned that name but today. he’s finally out of prison and through probation. He’s a free man. All he wants to do is be a mechanic and take care of his dying father Tino (Antonio Mayans!) and spend time with his German shepherd Pepe at their isolated farm.

For people like Gabriel, peace isn’t coming.

He barely has time to mourn for his father when his brother Tinin (Diego Paris) and his girlfriend Estefa (Fabia Castro) arrive, bringing with them Sandra (Ana Marquez) — who wants to seduce Gabriel and go against the gang led by her brother Nica (Ramon Goyanes) — and an army of killers, too.

Luckily, Gabriel also has Mónica (Rut Santamaría) and her skills with a slingshot by his side.

Director and writer Kike Narcea, like all great Spanish genre filmmakers, also is a comic book artist. Those skills are shown here, as this is a kinetic movie filled with violence, bloody knuckles and brawls. Cheers for remembering the past of Spanish films and having a role for Mayans!

And man, this movie builds the battle that will come between Rafa (Fernando Gil) and our hero. If this movie had been made in the 80s, it definitely would have been picked up by New World or Cannon, which in my world is as big of a compliment as it gets.