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4/10
Average and slow-moving Chorizo/Spaghetti Western co-produced by Spain/Italy
ma-cortes16 January 2018
This tortilla Western deals with an intrigue that involves several killings and robbing . A man called Sol Lester (as Jim Reed or Luigi Giuliani) is accused for robbing and murder by a court presided by a stiff judge and a jury . As he is judged for a crime he hasn't done, and, and he is sentenced various years in prison thanks to a false witness , the beautiful saloon girl Cora (Germana Monteverdi) . May 1887 , he is imprisoned in Federal Prison of Amargosa , and freed in 1892 . After have been in prison, Sol Lester who is actually innocent , comes back to get his vendetta, and returns to the little town , Paraíso , but here there is no searching and hiding and killing of the enemies one after another . Later on , fast-draw Lester results to be appointed as new sheriff . Meantime , Lester , fall for Lois Duvall (Marta Padovan), niece of the judge Wilker (Gustavo Re) . Aong the way , Lester discovers the actual killer , Bliss (Carlos Otero) and his henchmen as Coleman (Gaspar 'Indio' González) .



This is a murder mystery Western in which a gunfighter, ex-con turns into sheriff and attempts to find out the real killer and to prove his innocence . It is an exciting western that packs a story full of violence , fights , killings and subsequent suspense , mediocre pace , plot twists , middling direction and regular interpretations abound . It contains an intriguing premise to investigate and to discover a murderer , including red herrings , and results to be moderately entertaining , though drags at times , balancing in ups and downs . So-so Chorizo-Spaghetti Western mostly produced by Spain and important Italian participation , being middlingly shot but with no originality ; and being proceeded in American style more than Spaghetti . Acceptable action sequences with rousing crossfire , and spectacular shootouts with no much sense . Charismatic , but regular , performance for the whole casting . It stars an unknown Luigi Giuliani who gives an average interpretation . Agreeable appearences of two beauties as Germana Monteverdi and Marta Padovan . In the film appears some ordinary support actors from Spahetti/Paella/Tortilla or Chorizo Western as Gaspar 'Indio' González , Cesar Ojinada and Gustavo Re.

Colorful and evocative cinematography by Jaime Deu Casas and Marcello Gatti in Eastmancolor and ChronoScope , shot on location in Fraga , Huesca, Splugues de Llobregat and ranches of Castelldefels . Atmospheric and evocative musical score from Enrique Escobar and Federico Martínez Tudó and in Italian versión Francesco De Massi . Professionally directed by Jose Luis Madrid , a craftsman who made mostly genre films , though resulted to be below average . Madrid became a regular fillmaker in horror , Westerns ,comedies and action and throughout his career he also showed a sense of opportunism with productions .He has written/directed numerous films of all kinds of genres , from thrillers to euroespías, españoladas, lurid dramas or the typical post-Franco movies or horror movies, style where most of their raids would be perpetrated by the emblem of this movement in Spain, the actor, screenwriter and director Jacinto Molina - Paul Naschy, the result of whose collaboration are 'Jack the Ripper of London / Sette Cadaveri per Scotland Yard' (1971) and crimes of 'Petiot' (1972). And directed other terror movies as 'The Vampire motorway' (1969), horror film inspired by a series of real murders occurred in the Spain of the time .He also made chorizo westerns as three titles concentrated in the mid-60: 'Tomb for Desperado' 1965), with Luis Davila , Miguel De La Riva , ('Revenge of Clark Harrison / the colt spietata of Ringo' (1965) and 'The ballad of Johnny Ringo / Wer Johnny R. Kent?' (1966), Spanish-German co-production starring the former Hollywood star Lex Barker and 'Seven Jackals' (1974), starring Anthony Steffen and Gianni Giarko. Furthermore , he made spy movie as O.K. Yevtushenko , dramas as Lucecita , thrillers as Comando Txikia: Muerte de un presidente , this is a reconstruction of the terrorist attack that would end the life of Admiral Carrero Blanco , and Comedies as : Ultimo tango en Madrid ,Strip-tease a la inglesa and wartime as Memorias del general Escobar . And other movies in which Madrid proved his limited skills and without overly relevant in his curriculum title, throughout his career he showed a sense of adaptation by time he lived .
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5/10
not good, not horrible
SinkAndDrown9 February 2008
This movie is really nothing special, and sometimes even boring, but if you are a fan of Spaghetti Western you will not hate it. In fact this is not brutal at all for a S.W., maybe because the director is Spanish and not Italian? The story is the same as many other western movies: a guy it's judged for a crime he hasn't done, and, after have been in prison, comes back to get his revenge, but here there is no searching and hiding and killing of the enemies one after another. The revenge becomes less important than the actual happenings in the town "Paraiso", and the love stories with Cora and Lois. Anyway i saw the new Italian DVD release in 79 min. version, and i missed something, but there is a lot of talk in this movie, much more than in every other S.W. i have seen, so that the plot results easy to follow, even with 16 cut minutes of movie. The music is OK, not the best Francesco De Masi, but i really loved the opening song "A man must Fight". Some night scenes, shot in "day as night", are too dark and you see almost nothing. In my opinion with this plot it would have been possible to shot a far better movie. Just for real Spaghetti Western movies fans.
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