Texas, Adios / Texas, addio (Ferdinando Baldi, 1966)

Texas Adios is so much fun. Itā€™s unbelievably corny even by spaghetti western standards. For example, the so-called ā€œshepherdā€ who lives in the middle of nowhere and you ask yourself, ā€œwhereā€™s the sheep?ā€ Another scene that cracks me up is when they let the sinister Mexican guy off the hook because he used to stand for ā€œjustice.ā€ Yeah, he may have murdered innocent people and laughed about it but heā€™s a good man deep downā€¦ Hilarious! ;D
I think the soundtrack is excellent and thereā€™s lots of action for the sake of action. If youā€™re not looking for anything serious, Texas Adios is great to watch. It succeeds as a mindless, shoot 'em up spaghetti western. Much more enjoyable than Kill Them All and Come Back Alone in my opinion.

This is on movies4men right now, and itā€™s my first time watching it. Iā€™m quite enjoying it despite missing the first 20 minutes.

No problemo, the first 20 min are incredibly bad.

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Phew, thank you Stanton the ever-reliable voice of reason :wink:

Itā€™s all good fun. Donā€™t listen to Stanton! :slight_smile:

I dunno, he seems to be pulling no punches here ^ :smile:

Anyway Iā€™ve been meaning to get the Blue Underground DVD for a while. It seems somewhat rarer than their other SW releases.

Always listen to Stanton, the voice of reason. The whole film is nothing special, but the beginning is a disaster.

But, yes, thereā€™s plenty to laugh at, so fun is guaranteed ā€¦ :wink:

I wonā€™t argue that the film as a whole is incredibly cheesy and silly but thatā€™s what I love about it. Blindman may be his best spaghetti but Texas Adios is probably my personal favourite from Baldi. It was the third non-Leone spaghetti I watched after Django Kill and Vengeance, so it has a special place in my heart. :slight_smile:

Itā€™s been a while since my last viewing but I donā€™t remember it being that corny, I remember thinking it was quite well put together.

It is well put together but thereā€™s lots to laugh at. For example, the ā€œshepherdā€ without any sheep who lives in the middle of the desert, the sadistic Mexican bandit who is apparently a good man deep down even though he slaughters innocent peasants in the most cruel manner, the amount of times Burt shoots Delgado and still says ā€œyouā€™re coming back to Texasā€ (I think itā€™s pretty obvious heā€™s a dead man by now!) and the funniest thing about it for me is the way Jim manages to relax around Delgado and never questions statements like, ā€œitā€™s your partyā€ even though he knows heā€™s there with his brother to kill him. Itā€™s definitely not a film you can take seriously but that doesnā€™t mean it isnā€™t highly enjoyable. The action is great, the locations are great and I think the soundtrack is terrific, too.

Donā€™t remember any of those bits, Iā€™ll be giving it a re-watch sometime soon though, Iā€™ve just re-watched The Forgotten Pistolero for the first time in years and was thinking of watching this one and Blindman. Iā€™ll make sure to look out for these :grin:

I just bought the Blue Underground DVD of Texas Adios on the cheap. I donā€™t know much about it, but Franco Nero with a hat and gun on the cover was enough for me.

For those who have seen it, what can I expect? Is it worthy?

Pretty solid flick, mismarketed as a Djanog movie in some parts

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Thanks!

I too bought the Blue Underground DVD without having ever seen the movie but tbh I found Texas, Adios a pretty nondescript entry. Itā€™s okay I suppose but it never elevates itself beyond that. Never tries to, either. Itā€™s not a picture with a great deal of ambition.

I just finished watching the blu ray and it was better than the first time I saw it.

I believe Georges Lucas liked that movie because Franco Nero looks similar to Indiana Jones.


Also thereā€™s that part:

Bad guy: I am your Father

Young Hero: NOOOOOOOO !!!

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Finally viewed this properly via the Arrow blu-ray. A decent revenge flick, but definitely nothing special - 3.5/5.

Arrowā€™s transfer is very problematic throughout, but I appreciate their efforts!

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In the Arrow interview, Franco Nero strongly claims that this is the only SW to resemble an American Western. That is a very bold statement.

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I heard him say that before, which struck me as rather deluded. :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

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Would be interesting to hear him develop that statementā€¦ He canā€™t be that ignorant that he simply denies any other americanish SWs?

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