5/10
Spanish-Italian co-production with SpaghettI hero Peter Lee Lawrence against evil Aldo Sambrell
12 April 2011
An Italian-Spanish co-production full of action , exaggerated characters , gun-play and lots of violence . For money, for pleasure, for revenge, he doesn't care why he kills or how ¡ . The sole survivor , named Sando Kid (Peter Lee Lawrence) , of a Northern massacre seeks vendetta . After suffering atrocity the merciless Kid executes a single-handedly revenge , hits , ravages and kills each person involved in the slaughter . He is relentless in his vendetta , deadly in his violence . Sando enlists Texas Rangers , hunts bandits (Luis Barboo) and meets a likable bounty hunter (Espartaco Santoni). The conflict is simple one between avenger Kid and a Baron land (Aldo Sambrell) and his hoodlums ,oppressors , nasty bandits . Meanwhile Kid aids an unappreciated although terrorized little town called Springfield City in the process. The town is inhabited by important people as the banker , the priest , the sheriff and a gorgeous woman (Helga Line), among others. Kid is submitted a tempestuous trap and is caught .

It's an exciting western with breathtaking showdown between the protagonist Peter Lee Lawrence and the enemy , Aldo Sambrell , and his underlings . Peter Lee is fine , he ravages the screen , he jumps , shoots , hits and runs ; besides receiving violent punches , kicks , and ultimately , he takes the law on his own hands. Aldo Sambrell as a cruelly baddie role is terrific , this is his only acting as starring along with ¨Joe Navajo Joe¨ by Sergio Corbucci with Burt Reynolds , subsequently Sambrell would play very secondary or minimum characters . Comic relief in charge of Spartaco Santoni , also producer , as s sympathetic bounty hunter . Furthermore , here appears usual secondary actors from Italian/Spanish Western such as : Simon Arriaga , Joe Canalejas , Luis Barboo , Lorenzo Robledo , and several others. Klaus Kinski was attached to this production at one stage , but he , subsequently , turned it down . The film blends violence , blood , tension , high body-count and it is fast-moving and quite entertaining . There is plenty of action in the movie , guaranteeing a shootouts or stunts every few minutes . This is an average Spaghetti/Chorizo Western with some moments genuinely entertaining if you can avoid thinking too much . It follows the exploits of Sando Kid in SW usual theme , the revenge , in addition the starring attempts to save his reputation and help unfortunates . Mediocre performances seem badly dated today . There are many fine technicians , nice assistant direction and screen-writers as Sergio Bergonzelli and Jose Maria Elorrieta . The musician Alessandro Alessandroni composes a vibrant soundtrack and well conducted ; it's full of guttural sounds and catching leitmotif . Atmospheric scenario with barren outdoors , dirty landscapes under a glimmer sun and fine sets with striking cinematography in Eastmancolor with negative well processed . Interior filmed at Ballesteros Studios (Madrid) , De Paolis Studios (Rome) and outdoor sequences filmed at Colmenar Viejo and , of course , Almeria, where in the 60s and 70s were shot innumerable Spaghetti/Tortilla Westerns .

The motion picture was middlingly directed by Leon Klimovski , a craftsman who directed all kinds of genres , as Terror for Paul Naschy (Marshall of hell , Rebellion of dead one , Orgy of vampires , Werewolf shadow , Dr Jekill vs. the werewolf) , Warlike (June 44 attack force Normandy , A bullet for Rommel , Bridge over Elba) and Western (Badland drifter ,Some dollars for Django , Torrejon city , Death knows no time , Two thousand dollars for Coyote). Rating: 4,5 ; regular but entertaining.
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