Stranger in Paso Bravo
hm, quite similar script as God in Heaven, Arizona on Earth
i wasn´t very impressed by this spaghie, although it has plenty of action, good music, good actors
but happenings on the screen left me cold
rifle shootout in front of stagecoach was fine though
[quote=“tomas, post:9061, topic:141”]Stranger in Paso Bravo
hm, quite similar script as God in Heaven, Arizona on Earth
i wasn´t very impressed by this spaghie, although it has plenty of action, good music, good actors
but happenings on the screen left me cold
rifle shootout in front of stagecoach was fine though[/quote]
In that case there would be three movies with the same (or very similar) premise and story, A Stranger in Paso Bravo, And God said to Cain, and God in Heaven, Arizona on Earth (haven’t seen that one):
http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/A_Stranger_in_Paso_Bravo_Review
Strange for me, but have not viewed any of those yet :o .
You aint seen nothing yet
(Don’t remember the name of the group who scored a hit with it. Maybe Bachman Turner Overdrive)
EDIT:
DUEL IN THE SUN - Some mesmerizing visuals on this one, but there’s too much romance and too much melodrama for me and that score just isn’t my thing (only liked the part in the Cotten-Peck duel). However the movie flows well and I didn’t have a hard time finishing it. 6,5/10
[quote=“scherpschutter, post:9062, topic:141”]In that case there would be three movies with the same (or very similar) premise and story, A Stranger in Paso Bravo, And God said to Cain, and God in Heaven, Arizona on Earth (haven’t seen that one):
http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/A_Stranger_in_Paso_Bravo_Review[/quote]
maybe even more than three ;D
anyways, in Arizona on Earth, guy comes to the town without horse (he shot him before), then is engaged with local “acombar” type and his henchmen
after this he meets old man and they go to the farm (also happened in Stranger), where our hero in quite good performance by PLL finds out some secrets about town (murder and so on)
also, as in Stranger in PB, PLL is confronted with black clad gunslinger
at last PLL and others join together against Styles (our badguy played by Frank Brana), and Arizona finally kicks the hell out of him (and out of other scoundrels too)
PLL then departs and leave warm of new-finded home and possible girlfriend behind his back
so, Una Bala Marcada have similarities to Stranger, but imo, it´s better and more engaging
Well, the story is typical SW stuff, but at least the local tyrant isn’t called Acombar in this case …
It’s on the to watch list then. I’m not very fond of Lawrence (don’t know exactly why, but he’s no SW actor for me), but I’ll make an exception for this movie
i´m not PLL big fan either, but sometimes he suprises me, like in this case, he is little unshaved and blooddirty in some scenes, and that helps 
this flick and probably Garringo (maybe also 32 Caliber Killer) are best ones, which i´ve seen with him so far
hero of the day - PLL
I prefer his looks on this poster than on the actual movies 
hmmm, very good artwork on that poster - i would have no problem to hang it on the wall 
Always wondered who sung that little number .
Villa Rides (1968) Buzz Kulik
Funny it seems that Peckinpah was set to direct this movie, but instead of the maverick master it was a TV pret a porter who got the job.
Its indeed a professional production with more means than the usual SW ones, also like Cannon to Cordoba, but Villa rides seems to envolve even more means, a plane at least. But apart from that he film is weak, the action scenes are nicely done, but the rest of the films looks like a TV serie or a TV film. The acting doesn’t help either, Yul Brynner looks like a Portuguese actor in a Oliveira film, or at best like if he’s doing some Shakespeare play, but he doesn’t look like Pancho Villa at all, about Mitchum what can I say, I’m the kind of guy who’s moto is Mitchum rules, but in this film even Chris Mitchum would have pull out something better, the man seems to be training for a Zombie flick, just there for the paycheck. What saved the day was the ever reliable Charles Bronson stlealing the show, and killing prisioners in the process in such an impressive scene of so violent, also Frank Wolff really looks as the bad Mexican officer, at least he looked Mexican.
The film also lacked a distinctive and better soundtrack, for instance Five Man Army becomes a better film thanks to the magnificent soundtrack. So in the end not a total waste of time but not a classic which is strange with the names involved in it. Notice that the director Buzz kulick was the same guy ho directed Steve Macqueen last film Hunter, and again some of the action scenes are very good, but the film lacked stamina at least for a predictable last statement from the king of cool.
On another point the film is of course vaguely based in real events and lifes, but does take a lot of historical liberties, that Villa had some sort of air force fighting for him as become a myth as time passed, but most likely a false one, it was never proved, but has become some sort of legend stuff. In any sase it was during WWI that the first bombs were dropped from planes, and the guy who had the ideia of putting machine guns in a plane was a French WWI hero called Roland Garros (yes that one you’re all thinking), in any case Maderos was killed even before WWI started so the type of plane we see didn’t even existed at the time the events in the film took place, but hey what really bothered me was Mitchum, he sometimes even tries to imitate John Wayne just go figure.
Right, average film with some good action moments, the best of all Chuck’s execution sequence (makes the film worth revisiting every now and then for me)
I also like the last minutes, the Mexicans visiting a restaurant across the border to contact Mitchum
[quote=“El Topo, post:9072, topic:141”]Villa Rides (1968) Buzz Kulik
On another point the film is of course vaguely based in real events and lifes, but does take a lot of historical liberties, that Villa had some sort of air force fighting for him as become a myth as time passed, but most likely a false one, it was never proved, but has become some sort of legend stuff. In any sase it was during WWI that the first bombs were dropped from planes, and the guy who had the ideia of putting machine guns in a plane was a French WWI hero called Roland Garros (yes that one you’re all thinking), in any case Maderos was killed even before WWI started so the type of plane we see didn’t even existed at the time the events in the film took place[/quote]
on SWDB, one learns something new everyday
The Train Robbers - Burt Kennedy 1973
An often boring film based on a weak screenplay with some terrible dialogues. An auteur’s film for sure as Kennedy’s scripts for Boetticher’s Ranown westerns had similar bad dialogues about women and what men think about their future. Another weak Wayne western of the 70s and probably also his least successful. 3/10
God’s gun. 8)
Horrible movie, I’ve never been a die-hard Parolini fan, but Diamante Lobo is one of the worst sw I’ve seen.
Before I’ve watched it I had had quite big expectations, but it turned out to be the most amateurish western I’ve seen so far.
The final duel was terribly executed also (flying gun?! - it should have fallen immediately, but it flies as if it was a bird). 
Horrible stuff. 3/10
Machismo (1971) - Nice and atmospheric but pretty slow paced… its all worth it though for the beautiful 6 minute shootout at the end.
Interesting, sounds like one I may like.
The Quick and The Dead (1995)
Finally made time to watch this. Not great but not bad either. Some interesting cinematography for sure.
Just viewed this one. Bit dull for me most of the time, but yeh the ending is something I will view again 
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