El placer de la venganza (1988): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1988, El placer de la venganza is an action, thriller, drama and crime film directed by Hernando Name, running about 90 minutes.

What it’s about. A respectable family is shot by a gang brutally together. Only the mother survives the perfidious raid. They, although psychiatrist, finds the way back only laboriously in the everyday life. However, then you play the chance one of the members of a gang in the hands. A young fellow which does not finish on his part the recollections and takes up unsuspectingly the help of the doctor. This recognizes immediately that the illustrated case is more own to her. Now the woman knows only one: Revenge. Under drugs her patient reveals details and names. As a result through various tricks and in varying disguising she approaches to the single members of a gang. It begins a hunt on life and death...

Who’s in it. El placer de la venganza stars Susana Dosamantes, Hugo Stiglitz as Adrián Parra, Andrés García Jr. as Omar and Pedro Armendáriz Jr. as Comandante Gallardo, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.0/10, El placer de la venganza has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch El placer de la venganza page.

If you liked it. Fans of El placer de la venganza tend to enjoy The Dark Knight, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Inception and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.