an action packed movie, El Fiscal de Hierro "THe Iron Prosecutor" is a fictionalized account of famous Mexico City lawman Salvador del Toro Rosales who was sent in the early 70's to lawless Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, to clean up the city and rid it of the violence and drugs that plagued it then (and now). He fought against drug trafficking matriarch Simona Reyes Pruneda and her gang of bloodthirsty criminal sons.<br/><br/>In El Fiscal de Hierro, attorney Eduardo Lobo is sent to the city of Monterrey to battle the evil Ramona Pineda and her sons who commit all sorts of crimes. No bribes and no bullets can stop the mighty "Iron Prosecutor", even though his fight and dedication to his job costs him the life of his son at the hands of Pineda.<br/><br/>Cheesy acting and violent shootouts, typical of Mario Almada's movies, this movie is pretty enjoyable if you enjoy macho movies full of violence and butt kicking lawmen who never have to reload and their guns always have bullets! "El fiscal de hierro" ("The Iron Judge" in Spanish) is a Mexican version/mix of "Mad Max" and "Death Wish", in that the film is about a cop who is hunting down a well-known criminal after killing his son (it happens late in the movie). In the end, the cop lets her live - after a friend reminds him that "if he kills her, he'll end up being the same as her". I saw this when I was young - it appeared on Telefutura, a channel known for cancelling a great anime show called "RED BARON". Needless to say… I'd only heard of "Mad Max" before I saw this film or even saw "Mad Max", which is 9 years older than this film. Nevertheless, this film is for anyone who liked either "Mad Max" or the "Death Wish" saga.
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