Since everybody was busy rewatching and re-evaluating this movie, I deceided to do the same
Basically I haven’t changed my opinion, it’s an entertaining, but not great genre entry, uneven, but very lively. Unlike some others here, I never had any problem with Mark Damon, neither with his acting style, nor with his looks. He’s not the greatest actor in the world, but his style fits the genre very well, I think.
Saw this about a year ago, have re-watched twice: I think it’s great fun, strong violence, high spirits and some sorrow - and pretty top-notch performances by co-leads by Damon and - truly - Anthony Steffens. A B- Plus SW the way I see it.
Anthony Steffen redeems himself again. Thought this one was very entertaining. Neither the plot, nor the presentation are anything to get excited over, but that doesn’t stop it from being a very solid SW. Steffen was much more enjoyable in this, most likely because I thought he and Damon work well together as an older and younger brother type relationship. Super catchy theme too. Might pick up the new blu-ray of this one as I’d like to check out the English track.
Is the Blu-Ray image really top notch. I have two copies of the Colesseo DVD… long story but find the PQ pretty good as most Colesseo’s releases are but I am curious if the PQ leap is substantial or just a typical upgrade to hi-def. Can anyone who has both give their opinion?
I watched the explosive media blu ray. I always prefer English audio because it’s more realistic for a western. But it was annoying that the English subtitles didn’t match with the English audio.
I think that’s really unfortunate, because anything else is good about this release.
I think they should have made different subtitles for each audio track.
The movie itself is hard to rate I think. Nothing remarkable and nothing exciting happens. But it’s not bad. It didn’t bother me much.
Alright, I had a few minutes just now, so here we go. The movie’s page has been upgraded to the new format. Now we’re looking into filling some of the gaps. Let us know information we can add, pictures we can upload, links to insert etc. or just mistakes to fix.
Rewatch. Has solid action, and Steff and Mark Damon are very watchable as the film’s central buddy duo, but what’s always stuck out for me is the weird tonal game being played with this particularly spagh.
Both in their actors’ portrayal and how they’re filmed, Steffen and Damon’s bounty hunters are very much opportunistic vultures, with one shot literally having them against a sky backdrop, a low angle POV of them circling the camera. They’re actually kind of useless and only really good at killing other gunmen. They pretty much fail to save the townsfolk from the bandits and cattle baron terrorizing them. And I sorta love that. Deliciously cynical.
The Spanish title of Cry for Revenge seems like it’s asking for the film to simply just have an emotional core, even one of hateful revenge. But nope! Bit of spoilers here but I kinda love how the film ends on the non-twist that Mark Damon’s character isn’t the son, and really is just some random who found a gun on the side of a road, which just happened to be evidence of a scandalous affair. It’s almost standout in a genre filled with examples of familial reveals. The fact this is also a Marchent effort, the industry family who loved using those kind of twists and melodrama, makes that even more bizarrely noticable.
Also the Marcello Giombini score is very infectious. On the whole, this is really just slightly above average but the action beats and sprinklings of jovial dark comedy makes it good for the odd rewatch.
He does surprise on occasion.
