El Arma Secreta (1992)

Sergio Goyri just worked on anything back in the 1990’s and when I say anything, I literally mean anything. If he wasn’t fighting in a post-apocalyptic future like in Comando De La Muerte & Reten, then he was shooting someone with a custom gun in rural Mexico like in Arma Infernal, or he was mythical-looking dude fighting a demon like in Trono Del Infierno. Sergio Goyri’s filmography is quite unique and it even gets more unique when he you see that he made an action-crime/horror-comedy about Frankenstein. Sounds amazing, right? Maybe, maybe not.

Rural police officer Pardo (Sergio Goyri) has been accepted to take a Federal Police training course in Mexico City to which his father encourages him to take. Pardo heads off to Mexico City and stays with his peculiar godfather (Rafael Inclan) who just happens to be a peculiar doctor and a supposed heir of the great Dr. Frankenstein. After Pardo’s father is injured in a car accident, Pardo cannot let his father die so quickly like that and decides to take his brain for his godfather’s experiment which is to make the most powerful man alive, who is then used to become a federal police officer. This then leads to a quirky training montage and an action-packed fight against crime with the newly Frankenstein monster cop (played by Agustin Bernal). 

El Arma Secreta (translated as "The Secret Weapon") sounds too good to be true, right? Well it’s definitely a great concept and often entertaining too, but it still feels pretty underwhelming at times and I only wished there was more use of the Frankenstein monster cop since he pretty much is only in action near the end. Now I can’t knock down El Arma Secreta completely since the movie still is pretty entertaining and Agustin Bernal’s portrayal of the Frankenstein monster is pretty good and Rafael Inclan as the creator/Dr. Frankenstein is also fun as well. Sergio Goyri & his former wife Telly Fellipini provide most of the action scenes here alongside the antagonists which are played by Alfonso Munguia & Gilberto de Anda (whom also wrote the movie). 

El Arma Secreta could’ve been better honestly, but at least it’s still entertaining and definitely worthy of a view or two if you’re in the mood for it.

Worth noting: 

This is apparently Sergio Goyri’s directorial debut according to the Diccionario de Directores del cine mexicano website, but it is worth noting that in 1991, Sergio Goyri & special effects master Federico Farfán started a production company together and their first film together was the 1991 videohome "Reten" in which Sergio Goyri starred, produced & directed. So technically, Reten is his directorial debut, not 1992’s El Arma Secreta.