Predator is a savage alien, invisible and armed with advanced weapons. On this, his second visit to Earth, he lands in Los Angeles and begins a series of ghastly murders. It's up to a determined police lieutenant to learn what is going on, even when he is warned off by a mysterious government agent.

While making a movie at a racetrack, lady-crazed actor, con-artist and all-around bungler Spence Holden, stumbles on two goofball thugs Turnip and Binky doping a race horse. When the two hoods discover Spence's plan to obtain some quick loot, the chase is on.

Esteban works hard and eventually gets enough money to buy a hacienda and become a local patriarch. He becomes very conservative and is feared by his workers. A hauntingly romantic epic tale spanning three generations of the Trueba family. At its core is the stormy, yet passionate relationship between the supernaturally gifted Clara and her controlling husband Esteban, who resists change both politically and personally.