Django … Adios! / Seminò morte … lo chiamavano il Castigo di Dio (Roberto Mauri, 1972)

[Mickey13]

Copied from the Spagvemberfest 2023 thread:

@Mickey13

Having seen both works comprising the composite in question and having disliked both, I had no great expectations for this thing, bearing also in mind that it was Mauri who had supervised the whole assembly process, and what I ultimately got was more or less what I had anticipated. This is to say that the final product is somewhat muddled and disjointed, but considering that most of it is constructed from segments extracted from two different movies helmed by two different directors all of which is then merged with the assistance of some additional footage, the end result turns out to be not a total mess and a large chunk of it hangs together for the most part.

With that being said, most scenes do feel crudely stitched together and have that grubby, extempore appearance which affords the composition the distinctly sordid aesthetics of a composite hack job all right. Some viewers may very well cherish that squalor and unabashed putridity of its provenance, but outside of that very specific niche, the film simply fails to provide much in the way of an engaging storyline or a compelling style. Mauri’s execution is just your customary, featureless craftsmanship which, in conjunction with the patchwork script, firmly hurls the work below the average. Nevertheless, it is not a total disaster and is still superior to Mauri’s An Animal Called Man for what it’s worth.