This is a lousy remake of Fistfull of Dollars/Yojimbo.
The film begins with a really violent and gory car accident that is edited really well. The police discover the sewn up dead body of a kid in the car and the body contains vials of cocaine.
A police officer (Henry Silva) is sent to the Sicilian countryside to solve the feud (by basically killing everyone) between two families. He usually makes an entrance with a whistling tune that is quite tuneless. A good background score could have elevated this film a little bit.
The film can boast of some great locales - like the streets, avenues and villas of Sicily.
Barbara Bouchet is completely wasted. She plays the ex-prostitute alcoholic wife of one of the family heads. I am no male feminist and the reason I watched this film is to look at Barbara Bouchet. But she is completely demeaned in this film - there is a scene where Silva anally rapes her with her face buried in the bloody carcass of a cow! I can never forgive the director for this humiliation of one of my favorite actresses. Hence, the 3 rating.
It turns out in the end that Silva has a beef with the man who sent him on the mission. The film ends rather tackily with a sermon - The eyes that cause weeping will weep someday themselves".
The hands on action scenes were quite good. It is nice to watch on Blu Ray.
(4.5/10)
The film begins with a really violent and gory car accident that is edited really well. The police discover the sewn up dead body of a kid in the car and the body contains vials of cocaine.
A police officer (Henry Silva) is sent to the Sicilian countryside to solve the feud (by basically killing everyone) between two families. He usually makes an entrance with a whistling tune that is quite tuneless. A good background score could have elevated this film a little bit.
The film can boast of some great locales - like the streets, avenues and villas of Sicily.
Barbara Bouchet is completely wasted. She plays the ex-prostitute alcoholic wife of one of the family heads. I am no male feminist and the reason I watched this film is to look at Barbara Bouchet. But she is completely demeaned in this film - there is a scene where Silva anally rapes her with her face buried in the bloody carcass of a cow! I can never forgive the director for this humiliation of one of my favorite actresses. Hence, the 3 rating.
It turns out in the end that Silva has a beef with the man who sent him on the mission. The film ends rather tackily with a sermon - The eyes that cause weeping will weep someday themselves".
The hands on action scenes were quite good. It is nice to watch on Blu Ray.
(4.5/10)