I was really looking forward to this one. From everything I've seen of Sergio Martino, I thought this was going to be over the top. 1977 was late for this type of film. In fact, I've never seen a Spaghetti western this recent.
The opening scene of "Mannaja: A Man Called Blade" is so wicked. I was like wow this gonna be awesome! A dude gets his arm chopped off with a hatchet and that is maybe the most gory thing I've seen in a western movie so far. But, the fun pretty much stops there.
A lot more people get killed, but no violence is as gory as the first scene. The final dude who Blade kills in the end is such a rotten human being, we want him dead so bad, and he dies in a pretty boring and largely unsatisfying way.
All in all, I stayed entertained, but I was expecting a little more. I'd see "Django" instead.
6 out of 10, kids.
The opening scene of "Mannaja: A Man Called Blade" is so wicked. I was like wow this gonna be awesome! A dude gets his arm chopped off with a hatchet and that is maybe the most gory thing I've seen in a western movie so far. But, the fun pretty much stops there.
A lot more people get killed, but no violence is as gory as the first scene. The final dude who Blade kills in the end is such a rotten human being, we want him dead so bad, and he dies in a pretty boring and largely unsatisfying way.
All in all, I stayed entertained, but I was expecting a little more. I'd see "Django" instead.
6 out of 10, kids.