"Back at the Forbidden City, one of the surviving but wounded mutant humans reported their defeat to Mendez and Alma, who were playing a game of checkers.He had used the funding to engage in cocaine smuggling and was being brought to the US for trial on racketeering, bribery, and drug running charges."Donovan described how an attempt to recover the Grail was already underway, and then provided backstory to the Grail.It was also the shortest Best Picture winner at 91 minutes.Plot SynopsisThe film depicts thirty-six hours in the life of the main character: 34 year-old, bug-eyed Marty Piletti (Ernest Borgnine) - an ordinary, burly, heavy-set Bronx butcher.