That was an excellent one.

ridiculous rating

I like Black Panther, but I didn't like this movie.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Scott has a lowly job in the town of Clifton, mainly clearing up people's rubbish, and is treated with disinterest and sometimes contempt by the seemingly righteous citizens of the town. Into which town rides the mysterious Frank Talby and everything starts to be shaken up as two main plot strands emerge; the taking under his wing of Scott by Talby and Talby's efforts to get back the $50,000 dollars he claims is owing to him. It starts off slowly establishing character then moves up several gears to the gripping climax.Giuliano Gemma as Scott is good and Lee Van Cleef as the ambiguous (Is he a hero or a villain?) Talby is even better. Although playing in an Italian western was so familiar to him Van Cleef still manages to give a compellingly nuanced performance. Walter Rilla as Murph is the best of the supporting actors. The rest of the cast are typical Italian western actors in that they don't look quite right as American cowboys but have oddly fascinating faces. To bolster the film are a splendid music score by Riz Ortolani and the gorgeous cinematography by Enzo Serafin in Technicolour and Techniscope., making the landscapes particularly beautiful. Each shot could be framed as a work of art. A spaghetti western not to be missed.

The musical score, cinematography, and strong performances make this particular western a great story that goes beyond the standard thematic gunslinger opera. This is an epic western filmed by a camera crew that let's the scenery interact with the performances. The music is great, and the opening credits have the hook that set the mood and the film delivers it with full fury. Lee Van Cleef gives his best performance on film. A many layered character study with humor and depth, the audience is rewarded by great on screen chemistry between Gemma and Cleef. A must see for anyone who is a fan of westerns, or the writing style of Elmore Leonard and Larry McMurtry.

One of my favorite teen memories surrounds the film "Day of Anger." I saw it at the El Rey Theatre in Walnut Creek, California in 1972 as part of a double feature with "Superfly." Don't ask me how that match-up was booked, but I went with a couple of friends and thanks to the new release paired with it, the place was nearly packed. Old school singleplex with 1000 or so seats. Everyone was hushed and into the story until Lee Van Cleef stomped into the scraggly bar in the scraggly village, banged on the wooden plank serving as the bar and demanded: "Get me Wild Jack!" For a moment the theater remained hushed. Then, from a few rows behind us, a guy yelled out "WILD JACK! What kinda name is that?" Suddenly taken by the over-the-top melodrama, the crowd turned the whole experience on its end and started howling at what now seemed to be a self-referential satire on the spaghetti western genre. Of course I didn't think in such high-falutin' terminology at the time, I just thought it was funny. With all due respect to serious aficianados of the genre, it was just one fun night. One of the guys I went with suggested that we go back and repeat the astonished "WILD JACK!" comment the next night, but we figured, I think rightly, that you had to be there, it was a one shot thing, with perfect timing that had us laughing too hard to take it seriously when poor Scott Mary finally had his day in the sun and finished off his mentor while reciting the final rule of the gunfighter.

Nice shootouts, interesting plot, great score (even which isn't written by Morricone), the characters develop very good. It doesn't need any stupid brutal violence. It gets brutal through its story and characters. Andy every time in the movie you can stay on Scott's side, even though he begins as a little stable-boy, becomes a tough gunfighter, and in the end a man, who makes his own decisions and who is able to differ the good from the evil. Very interesting too, are Talby's motives fro recruiting the innocent Scott. But he always tried to control him (by telling him, how to shoot and buying him another gun than he has).Talby: "Allright Scott, you can come with me, but don't get your hopes up to high, 'cause it's a dirty life."Great line :>