After the corrupt former Mayor is killed by the peasants, poor janitor Juan Vargas is appointed new Mayor of a desert town in central Mexico. Although he tries to bring the motto of the ruling party to town (modernity, peace and progress) he realizes soon that there's nothing to do against corruption... except to become corrupt. Step by step, helped by his pistol, Juan Vargas becomes the law and the worst Major in the town's history.
故事讲述墨西哥农民杀死腐败的前市长后，不幸的看门人阿瓦尔加斯在墨西哥中部被任命为一个沙漠镇的新市长，他努力提倡执政党的新意识，到任不久就立下反对腐败的座右铭，但反对也开始变得腐败，一步步在他的枪手帮助下，阿瓦尔加斯成为法郎和镇上历史最恶劣的一页。
威尔·法瑞尔,约翰·C·赖利,丽贝卡·豪尔,拉尔夫·费因斯,休·劳瑞,凯莉·麦克唐纳,劳伦·拉普库斯,贝拉·拉姆齐,帕姆·费里斯,罗伯·布莱顿,基兰·奥布莱恩,诺亚·尤佩,迈克尔·卡尔金
克里斯蒂安娜·卡波通蒂,克劳迪奥·乔伊
安东尼·霍普金斯,布里吉特·方达,马修·布罗德里克,约翰·库萨克,达纳·卡维,迈克尔·勒纳,科尔姆·米尼,约翰·内威尔,拉腊·弗林·鲍尔,特蕾茜·林德,卡穆琳·曼海姆,罗伊·布罗克斯史密斯
艾迪·墨菲,乔恩·坦尼,乔依·特拉沃塔,Eugene Collier
邓飞,刘颺
玛格丽特·鲁斯福德,William Mervyn
