This film is considered one of the best spaghetti-westerns and thus my expectations were high. Unfortunately it didn't deliver. It's a simple and worn revenge story which never leaves the clichéd paths. The head villain Elfego(well played by Tatsuya Nakadai) is described as almost invincible but later turns out to be less than smart. Having a good opportunity to finish with the avengers we don't get an explanation at all why he doesn't take his chance. In the end he runs together with his gang into a prepared ambush and is the only survivor, for no other reason than to lose the final duel.
The film is well shot and the score adequate. It feels sometimes quite intense and never shifts into comedic waters. The typical tongue-in-cheek humor of the spaghetti genre is missing. There are no great memorable scenes, either.
5 / 10.
The film is well shot and the score adequate. It feels sometimes quite intense and never shifts into comedic waters. The typical tongue-in-cheek humor of the spaghetti genre is missing. There are no great memorable scenes, either.
5 / 10.