El Topo is a fascinating, violence-filled allegorical western about the title character's search for meaning in his life. The screen is constantly filled with dazzling panoramas of assorted grotesqueries. Using elements of Eastern fables, Catholic symbolism and others, Jodorowsky achieves a kind of comic-strip mythology.

Upon its first viewing the film might seem bewildering because the narrative is overlaid with a clutter of symbols, thoughts, and ideas. Each time you watch El Topo though, you will notice more and more details you didn't pick up the first time that makes each viewing a new, different, and mind-blowing experience.