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Stumbled upon this great pic
I added it to the filmās review
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Stumbled upon this great pic
I added it to the filmās review
This pic really is awesome!
Still no proper R1 release :(.
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Stumbled upon this great pic
I added it to the filmās review[/quote]
Hmmmā¦I thought I had added this still to the IL MERCENARIO page on the database several months ago. But, after checking out the page, just now, I realized it isnāt there.
A great pic, indeed!
yeah it is a shame, but just import the Koch Media disc, no other release will probably be as good as that one
I just saw The Mercenary on FOX 45ās THIS network here in Baltimore. It reminded me a lot of Django. I really dug it.
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Stumbled upon this great pic
I added it to the filmās review[/quote]
This still is btw also reproduced in the booklet of Kochās Mercenary DVD.
Youāre right. I knew I had seen it before, but couldnāt remember where. I checked several books (GirĆ© has another great āon the set picā of The Mercenary), but not this booklet
I also found a wonderful āon the set picā of Corbucciās last western, but Iāll keep it for the review (I still have to write)
I wasnāt sure if you have the Koch disc or the French one.
Both
I bought the Koch disc and got the French one (from somebody who didnāt like the forced subs)
Oh yes, I forgot, you just had made a DVD check. First think, then ā¦
I finally checked this one yesterday. I had watched Companeros earlier and i really liked it, so i had quite high expectations for this, even though i knew that this was going to be a movie with the same idea. But still I was happy after watching this, for instance Franco Nero does brilliant job as a cunning mercenary, i donāt think anybody could have done this role better. One thing that was also great was Jack Palanceās role, it worked on Companeros and it surely worked on this movie too. Morriconeās music is once again fantastic, and some scenes are done with pure skill. Thereās humour but thereās also violence which is typical for Corbucciās style. This is quite fast paced movie, but itās also an entertaining flick.
4/5 stars.
Why not 5? Actually it looks like I voted this 4 as well; wish I could change it now. I also saw Companeros first, & didnāt think Mercenario was quite as good when I first saw it. But itās really grown on me. Iāve watched them both another couple of times since, & now Iām not sure which I prefer. Possibly Mercenario.
Maybe this grows on me too, i donāt know. Now i think Companeros is superior for me, but hard to compare with these two classics
Just watched this last night thanks to its recent addition to the Netflix library and I must say I was impressed. I can see why there is the constant comparison between this and āCompanerosā as Nero plays essentially the same character in both films and the plots are very similar. But what really makes this stand out as opposed to āCompanerosā was the combination of Musante and Palance.
In āCompaneros,ā Palanceās role ā although very entertaining ā was just too weird for my tastes. A one-armed, pot-smoking, hawk-wielding villain is just over the top and the extreme nature of the character compared to Palanceās other roles worked negatively in my opinion. Iām all for actors going outside their comfort zones, but here it was just too much of a jump. In āThe Mercenaryā he is right at home in his classic, menacing role that weāre all familiar with. I also prefer Musante to Milan, as I felt his role was more believable and likeable.
The showdown and the score are the icing on the cake though. No great western can end without a classic showdown and I found this element was lacking considerably in āCompanerosā. Not to mention āLāArenaā is some of Morriconeās best. But whichever you prefer, theyāre both two great films in their own right.
And donāt forget one of the most brilliant ideas of The Mercenary is that it dares not to end with the lāarena showdown, which should have been the logical end of the film, and by ignoring classic dramaturgical rules simply starts again. Was there any genre film which did this before?
I enjoy Companeros and Mercenario more and more with each viewing. They donāt get āstaleā for me.
how can this be on netflix? what version?
Iām not sure what version it is, but itās dubbed in English. Itās streaming only too, which is unfortunate.
widescreen?