Red Blood, Yellow Gold / Professionisti per un massacro (Nando Cicero, 1967)

[Mickey13]

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@Mickey13

One of the very few spags in which slapstick seems to work for me just fine. I must say I enjoyed the whacky combination of violent action and comedy; albeit far from being original, the script furnishes enough items of interest and applies enough detail to keep your interest throughout. Other than the part played by Byrnes, I found the characters sufficiently memorable to root for them in the context of the tale, which is not all too frequent in as action-driven genre as this, with Hilton getting here one of his most extravagant roles and turning in a great performance.

There is no denying that the film loses its focus in the second half and is not nearly as enjoyable and as direct as its first 45 minutes; the plotline with the Mexican bandit feels somewhat out of place and is not that gripping to follow in the first place. While it is hardly a classic and is definitely burdened with a baggage of faults, the motion picture exhibits enough buoyancy as well as energy to surmount its shortcomings. A solid mid-tier entry with just enough assets to justify its existence.