I have to admit that i found this nonsensical movie to be quite enjoyable. It’s well directed, has a nice cast and good musical score. It usually gets bashed but I liked it slightly more than “His name was Holy Ghost” which usually gets praised. Sure, Garko is better than Hilton, but i thought more of those stupid jokes worked in “Return of Halleluja” [the one in the beginning involving whip was especially creative ;D).
7/10
I like the 1st Halleluja, in which the sillyness is better balanced, whereas in the 2nd it takes over, but a “masterwork” compared to the Tresette films.
And I surely like Stelvio Cipriani’s scores for both (my favourite SW composer whose name is not Morricone)
It was well made and kept me entertained, so why not, I tend to be generous when it comes to rating SWs.
Shobary rated it 67%, so i think it’s more or less the same rating.
A man after my own heart He’s an amazing composer most of the time.
The sequel is in every respect only half as good as They Call Me H. , but Carnimeo had improved his style since his Sartana films, and it’s mostly fun to watch.
So it’s not bad, silly of course, and could be better if it weren’t infected by the comedy virus. There are only a few lethal shootouts left here, so most of the confrontations are only resulting in slapstick fistfights, which are a bit boring. But some of the fast motion scenes are quite pleasant to watch.
Carnimeo’s “Mexico” is much greener than in the usual Mex SW, due to the fact that he shot it completely in Italy, probably only out of budget limitations.
Harmless but uninspired throughout for me. Not as offensive as many other ‘comedy’ spaghettis but not as entertaining as the first Allelujah flick either. Also looks decidedly cheaper. So, not terrible but I couldn’t go so far as to actually recommend it either.
Few to many silly fist fights in this one is the first thing that springs to mind. Some nice gadget touches though. Good example of a simple story padded out to the maximum. Hilton did not have much screen time at times though, and film was the worse for it. Not a demanding film, so one to put on when you do not want to think very much. Not as stylish or good a story as the first film though.
Yeah, thought it was ok … I wish the whole film was more like the opening scene though, that was an great moment when he stuck that rocket on the end of his handgun.
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Difficult to disagree with Sherpshooter’s summary that it’s half as funny as the first Hallelujah but twice as funny as many spaghetti comedies - probably more that twice as funny as Jesse and Lester which I saw immediately before this.
The joke with the whip at the beginning was very funny. But much of the film repeated scenes and characters from the original. And one can only take so many whacks with a frying pan and comedy slapstick fights that go on and on. Much less violent than the first film with most of the villains not being killed. Lincoln Tate was a virtual dead ringer for Charles Southwood who must have had a scheduling conflict.
Hi - I’d add that there seems to be a mistake in the credits.
‘Johnny La Faina’ is ‘Johnny Flanagan’ in the English version. He’s not Hallelujah but one of Fergusons’ henchmen and the bloke who is drugged on the stage with the old lady by Agata Flori near the beginning. I am not sure who plays him. I think this error that Flanagan is Hallelujah is caused by Wikipedia.it.
I saw a DVD R of a German print with an English soundtrack. Not sure what the source was but assume some German DVD although none are advertised with an English track. In the German print Michael Hintz is credited 3rd and Peter Berling 5th (Lincoln Tate is 4th) because they are Germans I guess. The screenplay is credited to Simonelli and Ingo Hermes rather than Tito Carpi.
He’s an amazing composer most of the time.