Aztec Revenge

Aztec Revenge
Official movie poster
Directed by Aaron Crozier
Produced by Kathy Murray,
Jeffrey Uhlmann
Written by Jeffrey Uhlmann
Starring Mil Máscaras,
Kurt Mirtsching,
Kirsten Olson,
Jeffrey Uhlmann
Music by Anna Cazurra
Cinematography Ben Burke
Edited by Chris Tobin
Distributed by Tritium Productions
Release date
  • 2015 (2015)
Running time
 85 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Aztec Revenge (also known as Mil Mascaras: Aztec Revenge) is a 2015 American lucha libre film starring the legendary Mexican wrestler and film star Mil Máscaras. It continues a storyline from the popular 2008 film, Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy, and is the third of a trilogy of films that also includes Academy of Doom.

Plot

The Professor discovers that thieves have absconded with priceless Aztec artifacts that were shipped to Columbia State University for study after the defeat of a resurrected Aztec mummy several years earlier by Mil Mascaras. The Professor reports the theft to Mil, who immediately flies to campus. After Mil Mascaras is attacked by teams ninjas and sorority sisters he concludes that one of the artifacts, the Jewel of Tonauac, is being used by someone - or some thing - for mind control. Mil and the Professor visit a fraternity that they suspect may be involved and discover that the head of an Aztec chief has been resurrected and has plans for world domination. Mil is captured and restrained so that his (Mil's) head can be removed and replaced with that of the Aztec chief. With help from the Professor, Mil escapes and destroys the head.

Reception

In 2015 the film had its world premiere in Madrid, Spain[1] and screened in November of that year as an official selection at the St. Louis International Film Festival. Based on the popularity of the film at those two events, as well as the popularity of the its two predecessors, it was selected to screen as part of a 2017 special event at the Fantasia International Film Festival at which Mil Mascaras received a lifetime achievement award.[2][3]

Character Continuity from Mil Mascaras vs the Aztec Mummy (MMvsAM) and Academy of Doom

Mil Mascaras, La Torcha, Argozan, and Maura are the only characters that appear in all three films of the trilogy. In this film Maura is shown to have left her junior position at the Wrestling Women Academy to pursue academic studies at Columbia State University, but there is no appearance by her luchadora alter ego from MMvsAM. Kurt Mirtsching reprises his character of the Professor from MMvsAM.

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ "Lifetime Achievement Award: MIL MÁSCARAS - Fantasia 2017". www.fantasiafestival.com. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Aztec Revenge - Fantasia 2017". www.fantasiafestival.com. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
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