Lieutenant Vargas is assigned to infiltrate a smuggling ring that supplies weapons to the revolutionaries of Caracas, Venezuela. For that purpose, he poses as a wanted fugitive, but the gang fairly quickly finds out his true identity. And what do they do? They beat him up and leave him unguarded "to decide later" what to do with him. A pretty woman hides and heals him in her place, and before long he's ready to lead a massive attack on the gang's fortress. Rather stupid in its plotting, "Crossfire In Caracas" is distinguished only by the notably increased level of violence compared to other films of the same genre made around the same time; there are several brutal fights and the body count is well into the triple digits! The film is too long at over 100 minutes, but to be fair, if you can make it to the last half hour, it's all action from that point on. ** out of 4.
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Action-heavy Venezuelan adventure
Leofwine_draca13 October 2021
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A Spanish Bond impersonator shot in Venezuela, CROSSFIRE IN CARACAS is notable for featuring an extraordinary wealth of violent, gun-focused action, as evinced in the endless opening sequence in which an army supply train is attacked by a team of revolutionaries wielding machine guns. When the onslaught finally finishes, they've already killed more people than usual for the 1960s. The rest plays out as a fairly mixed experience, with some cringeworthy romance mixed with the usual spy/undercover action. Undistinguished performances throughout here, but the scenery is nice and the action's quite fun, particularly some scenic henchmen battles and another lavish action-based climax.
LOTS OF GUNFIRE IN THIS EURO-SPY
larryanderson18 June 2021
A former policeman, LT Juan Sevilla, escapes from a prison camp and joins a Revolutionary Movement. He is referred to as AGENT 162, so he can appear to be a James Bond like spy. He must take-on the group single-handedly. There isn't a main villain but a round-table of characters running the gang. First they hold up a train and steal machine guns but the car with the ammo blows up. Then they trick an army unit into giving them the ammo they need. The body count is high as the machine gun fire seems endless throughout the movie. Our Hero almost gets killed fighting on a Gondola lift. There are three lovely babes in this movie, who also appeared in many other Euro-Spy movies. Tere Velazquez (pronounced Terry, she also uses Teresa in other movies. She was in the famous, Rape of the Sabines in 1962. Helene Channel just stands around looking beautiful. Ivy Holzer is one of the gang. All three ladies also appeared in many Sword & Sandal movies. In this English version on YT, Edward G. Muller is listed as the Director and the screenwriter. The Georgio Ardisson movie, COUNTDOWN TO DOOMSDAY (which is on my YT channel), was also filmed in Caracas. In fact, the "oil fields blowing up scene" used in both, looks like the same bit of footage.
I visited Venezuela in 1987, when it was safe to do so, and found the country enchanting.
I visited Venezuela in 1987, when it was safe to do so, and found the country enchanting.
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