...This is taking unsportsman-like conduct to a whole new level!" He reminded the badly-wounded Ajax (who felt no pain) of his identity by removing his face-mask to reveal his disfiguring facial scars ("Well, hello gorgeous.Both Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper were co-stars and co-scripters, while Fonda produced, and 32 year old Hopper directed (his first effort).When ""touched"" by the sunlight [similar to the touch of Moonwatcher""s finger the first time], the solar-powered machine functions as a radio signaling device, aimed at the planet Jupiter out in space.The film, in flashback, told the events hat led up to Rosa""s murder inquest, the context for her "evil" reputation, and everything that occurred before the murder.The extreme gore of many of the death/murder scenes was drastically cut, to satisfy the MPAA for an R-rating.