- Petroni: Nest of Vipers
-Petroni’s film starring Luke Askew, Luigi Pistilli and Benito Stefanelli’s wig. Still not sure what’s the plot is all about but I like the film nevertheless. 7/10
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Cjamango (Edoardo Mulargia)
A rewatch. I liked it a lot more this time. Why? Well, the script feels a little disjointed, but when rewatching a movie, the fluency of the narrative (at least as far as spaghs are concerned) is less important than style and the quality of the action. This entry is definitely stylish, has lots of action and also has a good cast. It also has an irritatingly cute kid, but let’s not spend too much time on that rascal, who became quite a monster later in his life: we like our spaghs gritty and violent, but blowing up innocent people in a train station, is more than just one big step too far.
I watched it in Italian this time, and the Italian audio is a major improvement over the shrill English dub. Anyway, rewatching it was a pleasure
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I’ve got ‘Arizona Colt’ lined up for when I need a breather from the mediocre stuff ! 
It’s good that this thread is so active, giving others suggestions of what to watch, and perhaps also what to avoid.
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Spagvemberfest 2019 - Day 7
3 Bullets for Ringo (Salvi / 1965)
Another Wild East release I hadn’t watched in years and frankly I wished I’d left it a few more. Bad script, poor direction, weak soundtrack and Mickey Hargitay’s acting just plain laughable. I think the story that this film started off with a script that was meant as a peplum makes a lot of sense. It feels much more like one than a western. Either way, it’s a bloody car crash of a film.
back on the shelf for another decade or so I think.
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He’s in Cjamango as well, and ask not to do or say very much, just being there, but Peter Sellers was definitely better in that role.
6. Raise Your Hands, Dead Man, You’re Under Arrest (1971)
This one starts out at the ending of the civil war, a union officer shooting wounded confederate soldiers. And it really gets off on the right foot, accompanied by an interesting Alessandroni score. Then halfway through it drops, and eventually collapses into a farce. Why?? At the end it seems nobody cared anymore; the two rangers ride out of the picture, and in come COWS, as the camera goes to some snowclad mountains. Still the best so far this spagvember.
6/10
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- It Can Be Done, Amigo - Great spagh if you need to fall asleep urgently. The first 20 minutes are actually great, but then… well, it goes on and on, and basically not much is happening. I thought I didn’t finish, but rules of Spagvember fest are strict and ruthless. It all ends with demented overlong superbrawl, which I had to clickthrough, gods of Spagvember fest have mercy on me. Watched copy on youtube, which didn’t have any echo problems, as some fellas pointed out here, but during several scenes there was a weird backnoise present sounding like a rabbit crunching on a carrot!
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I’m actually in the middle of this one … it’s taken 2 sittings to get to the 1 hour mark … 39 minutes left, which I should complete tonight! 
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Finished watching Buon Funerale Amigos!..Paga Sartana (Have a Good Funeral My Friend…Sartana Will Pay) about a half hour ago for Day 7 of Spagvember and Day 4 of Sartana Week…
That twist in the last couple minutes still gets a smirk and chuckle out of me 
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I thought Bury Them Deep was quite enjoyable actually. It’s no masterpiece and it doesn’t shoot for much in terms of effects or violence, but still quite interesting story wise. Arizona Colt I still need to see; I was planning on getting the Italian DVD, but it went OOP on me, and everything else is too expensive right now. I saw Steve Reeve’s Long Ride From Hell years ago and while I thought he was great in it and felt it a shame he didn’t continue with making Westerns (that shoulder injury from Pompeii never healed right), the film seemed a little blah to me, even with a good foil like Wade Preston.
7. Four Pistols for Trinity (1971)
The second Peter Lee Lawrence spagh today, and I think perhaps the better. Watched the Italian without subs, so I had a hard time following the (quite complicated) story. Think I got it though, more or less, even if I didn’t get all of it. (Not sure if that was entirely my fault.) The ending had me applauding! @tomas why don’t you link your review to the film’s page?
6/10
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You have the advantage of knowing the movies with Franco & Ciccio pretty well, so you know what to expect (more or less).
I had some trouble to login into database back in the days, so @scherpschutter usually had linked my reviews (and did the whole upload process), so I didn’t think much about it. Well, @scherpschutter, could you do that for me? Once again, like in the old times, wink, wink. I also noticed that my review is not linked on the main page, where is all the new stuff. Scherp’s Execution is the last review there.
Done both things.
Sorry about the delay
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8: Finally I finished it! … so literally, ‘It Can Be Done, Amigo’ (1972) as dawdling as this is, I can’t dislike it … but I’d say you need to be in the mood for this type of thing. However, any less a cast than Bud Spencer and Jack Palance might have rendered it unwatchable … and the cute kid isn’t even too annoying! so well done Renato Cestiè for not pissing me off 
There is one great line from Palance in reference to the child … when he tracks down Bud and glances disdainfully at the kid, asking “What’s that, a midget!?” … looked like Jack had the same view on kiddies as many of us here. Anyway, as this was mainly filmed on location in Almeria it automatically gets 4 out of 10 … so overall I’d give it a generous 6/10.
9:‘Beyond the Law’ (1968) Lee Van Cleef makes this just about watchable, but it’s another dawdler … does have a few good scenes, but not a classic. 5.5/10
Found this pic of a UK poster with a ‘U’ Cert ! Must have been cut down as there’s a few bloody scenes towards the end which aren’t ‘U’ material.
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- Civirani: Ric e Gian alla conquista del West
-I promised to watch this, right? Eh, some kind of line has been crossed when you start to miss Franco & Ciccio. If I understood correctly Ric and Gian were comedic duo in italian television and this was their attempt to launch a film career. Film imitates Franco & Ciccio western comedies but while Franco & Ciccio had some genuine talent for comedy, (and Ciccio had for acting too) these two dorks have zero charisma. Just terribly unfunny and annoying film. Needless to say there were no more Ric e Gian films though they appeared in some films in minor roles. 1/10
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You’re the man, scherp.
Yes, i agree, although I have never ever been in that mood in my whole life yet
Yeah, good joke
Now i know what kind of mood you were referring to - a very generous mood 
But yeah, it’s not bad, just sometimes excruciatingly tedious.
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Can it really be that bad ??? it’s available at CG … so I think I’ll treat myself - then the rest of Spagvember should be a breeze by comparison 
SPAGVEMBERFEST 2019: DAY 8
Courtesy of my over-compressed, pixel-tastic Westerns Unchained blu-ray (25 films! On one disc! With a f#king “Play All” button!) comes today’s movie: Adios Gringo (Stegani, 1965), one of Giuliano Gemma’s big hits from those early-ish spag years. Shouldn’t be too bad but I’m guessing that, like many of those pre-Django efforts (Leone’s films notwithstanding), it’ll be a fairly Americanised affair.
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