I was mistaken on The Professionals. It was great to Stanton explain why. I wasnât caught.
I admit I should have waited here.
Pathetic? Sorry Gringo thatâs a bid strong. I shall do my best not to make it a trilogy.
Fine Iâll leave you alone if you leave me alone.
Lone_Gringo, please give Ali a break! He hasnât insulted anybody, so letâs just keep it civil!
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Yeah, whateverâŚ
Watched this one last night for the first time and must admit I was not a huge fan, I always hear good things about it and know many really like it but it just didnât strike the right cord for me. It had some orginally and was bleak(which I usually enjoy) but Woodâs character I think just didnât work for some reason imo. It wasnât horrible but just last week I watched Requiem for a Gringo and enjoyed that one much more.
Yeah, Requiem for a Gringo is a much better film. Iâm sure its director Merino would have turned Black Jack into a much better Spag, but at least Baldanello did not kill the film. It is at least a good one, above average.
Black Jack would be better if Baldanello didnât tell Woods to overact and just let him play it straight.
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This is just it, Woodâs overacting. Yeah it is kind of original because Woodâs shows more emotion than the normal cool, calm and collected SW star we normally see but it just didnât work, for me anyway.
I also prefer Requiem For A Gringo (including its MUSIC DE LUXE) since I rank it as high as number 10 on my SW Top 50, but Black Jack only 31. However I rate both 7/10 with the former close to 8/10 and the latter a slightly weak 7/10.
I have not much against Woodâs hysterical laughter though, and (going more off topic) gets more irritated by some of Tomas Milianâs characters or even Tuco !
And Robert would agree with you - He has said in interviews that he loved making the film, had high hopes for it, but wasnât happy with how the director wanted the character portrayed ⌠he added that, âHe was a directorâs actor, and did what was asked of himâ ⌠though his own fears were realised when he finally saw the completed film.
Itâs just one of those things that youâve gotta roll with ⌠as these films were made decades ago and were never expected to have a long shelf life, never mind be analysed 50 years later by a new audience. 
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Good point, it seems Baldanello forgot to tell Woods that he was in fact Django âŚ
Or as the blu-ray spine says⌠âDANGOâ.
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An anagram of Gonad !!! 
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That misprint is making me nauseous every time I glance over the shelf.
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If it said Django, that would be bad enough! I donât think anything is as worse as the South African dvd of El Puro, which claims to star Reb Brown.
Not a bad flick, some decent set pieces and shootouts, but I was underwhelmed by the climax. Not sure I had seen it before, at any rate the BluRay is excellent
@Phil_H and @Carlos have upgraded this movieâs page in the SWDb to the new âSWDb 3.0â format .
Please have a look and let us know if thereâs something you can add (information, trivia, links, pictures, etc.).
New poll for Black Jack, first post at the top. 
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Brilliant film and a must for any fan of quasi-Horror Italian Westerns like AND GOD SAID TO CAIN, DJANGO IL BASTARDO, etc⌠Woods is brilliant as a decent man whose soul becomes increasingly twisted and deformed by his lust for revenge. A really strong movie.
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