Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Memorable, crazy movie

Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

The spaghetti western genre continued with Ferdinando Baldi's "Texas, addio" ("Goodbye, Texas" in English). Franco Nero - the original Django who had a bit part in Quentin Tarantino's movie as the man who knows that the D is silent - plays a sheriff going after the man who killed his father. This movie doesn't make any pretense about being a masterpiece. It's a typical spaghetti western with music that sounds like that of Ennio Morricone. And there's no shortage of fights to go around.The movie got filmed near where "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" got filmed at the same time, and so Franco Nero and Clint Eastwood occasionally took the time to socialize. Those guys are truly the icons of Euro-westerns. This looks as if it was a fun movie to film. I recommend it.PS: Franco Nero was in a relationship with Vanessa Redgrave for many years. They had a son who directed her in an adaptation of Wallace Shawn's politically charged play "The Fever", co-starring Michael Moore and Angelina Jolie.

Rugged Texas sheriff Burt Sullivan (Franco Nero in fine two-fisted form) and his naive younger brother Jim (likable Alberto Dell'Aqua) head deep into Mexico to arrest the man who murdered their father. The pair find themselves trapped in a lawless and dangerous land in the wake of uncovering a shocking family secret. Director Ferdinando Baldi, who also co-wrote the compact script with Franco Rossetti, relates the absorbing story at a steady pace, maintains a tough serious tone throughout, and stages the plentiful exciting shoot-outs with aplomb. Nero and Dell'Aqua display a natural and engaging chemistry in the leads. The neat array of dastardly villains helps a lot: Joe Guardiola as the suavely slimy McLeod, Livio Lorenzon as sadistic bandito leader Alcade Miguel, and, best of all, Jose Suarez as the deliciously nasty and ruthless Cisco Delgado. The tragic ending packs a devastating emotional punch. Enzo Barboni's crisp widescreen cinematography provides an impressively expansive sense of scope. Anton Garcia's spare, yet stirring score hits the spot. A worthwhile oater.

This isn't a bad Italian western at all--though compared to the rest of the films in this genre, this one is even lighter in plot and mostly consists of a lot of shooting and killing. Now, it's reasonably well-done shooting and killing, but if you're looking for depth, this movie isn't for you.Franco Nero plays a sheriff in a Texas town. After YEARS of waiting, he and his brother inexplicably decide NOW is the time to track down their father's killer in Mexico. However, when they arrive and even mention the guy's name, Delgado, folks get a bit ornery and the killing begins. In fact, once they are in Mexico, practically not a single minute goes by when someone isn't shot!! And, eventually, a dark secret is learned--but I'll leave that for you to discover. And, also to discover is the wonderfully bloody and bullet-riddled finale.This film is pretty good but it all boils down to lots of death and not much more. Nero is handsome and very good in the lead but an otherwise ordinary sort of western.

Sheriff Burt Sullivan and his younger brother Jim want to take revenge for their murdered father and say "Good bye, Texas!" to head for Cisco Delgado, the hiss-and-hate bad guy, who resides in Mexico. Unlike in many other Spaghetti Westerns the hero is never really slick and instead decides for an against-all-odds approach. The darkness of other serious spaghetti westerns is missing.The sung score is memorable, the cinematography of Enzo Barboni is mediocre, Franco Nero is good as usual while the other actors do their job with little ambition. Overall this Western has average quality.5 / 10.