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The UnderdogsArman Vatanpur
The Underdogs
0 The Underdogs begins at night in a small hut in the small town of Limon near the Sierras, northwest of Mexico City. On this night, soldiers from the Mexican army stumble drunkenly into town and Demetrio Macias must leave his wife and child and flee into the dry, rocky canyon where he soon meets up with his friends, who have sworn their allegiance to each other and their hatred of Huerta’s military. Demetrio and his men harass the government soldiers, hiding in cliffs and acting as snipers. After a major confrontation in which many government soldiers are killed, Demetrio takes a bullet in the leg; his men fashion a stretcher and carry him away. After the soldiers retreat, the rebels come across two of their men hanging from a tree. Several more are missing.
The Underdogs
0Cervantes is a young medical student known for writing inflammatory pieces against the rebellion. He says that he has been coerced into joining the government army. But Cervantes quickly sours to the task of killing. In fact, he discovers from intimate conversations with the government soldiers that most of the men do not want to fight; they believe they have chosen the wrong side, but they continue nevertheless.
The Underdogs
0 After the battle, the men celebrate and drink and continue their lives of debauchery. Demetrio’s friend introduces him to an inhuman calculating man named Blondie, and around the same time a local girl they call War Paint sidles up to Demetrio. War Paint is a brazen woman, unafraid to speak her mind. When Demetrio directs War Paint towards a hotel, she laughs at him. She asks him, what is the point of the revolution if they cannot sleep in any house they want, if they cannot break down doors and windows, pillage and steal? Again, the reasons for war come to the surface, and again they are not related to any genuine social motives. The rebels grow more and more destructive as times goes by. They consume drink and food like animals and disregard the pleas of any local willing to protest.
