I'm a little less enthusiastic about this second time around. A few years back it seems I said: A fine film with solid performances and strong driving force. Not particularly violent but assured with great look and super soundtrack. Nothing very outstanding but never a dull moment, its as if this is going nowhere but is unstoppable all the same. This seems a bit generous because to be honest for a film with such a slight story this is fairly confusing. That can only be due to lack of directorial/editorial skills and presumably must be down to the inexperienced Robert Hossein. The Frenchman brought his Angelique co-star Michele Mercier with him here and she is particularly effective. The film is usually mentioned in the context of it being French, despite being filmed in Algeria, Spain with Italian crew, and the involvement to a larger or lesser extent of Dario Argento (little bits of dialogue) and Sergio Leone ( a rather protracted dinner scene) but is probably best described as a tale of revenge that doesn't go where it should with a whiff of the existential hanging over proceedings.
