I watched it one more time last night. Itās not the best spaghetti western about mexican revolution, but still itās very good movie. Advantages? Morricone made fantastic score (as always) and the duel is one of my favorites in all spaghetti westerns. I also love Neroās charakter. He is so cool here. And he is from Poland, just like me
In my opinion āMercenarioā is much better than āCompanerosā. Mayby because Curly is better nemesis than John? Who knowsā¦ I even like Musante here. Milian is brilliant actor, but how many times he could play the same role of mexican revolutionist (āCompanerosā and āTepepaā)?
[quote=āalk0, post:102, topic:177ā]I hope all non-polish-speaking forumites can forgive me, but i canāt help myself:P
Witam, miÅo że pojawiÅ siÄ tu ktoÅ z Polski ;)[/quote]
can we have a translation please
Quite possibly Neroās coolest performance,definitely Palanceās best performance as Curly which he camps up brilliantly.Milian as Paco instead of Musante?Musante works well with Giovana Ralli and iām so sure about a woman dominated Milian peon.
Morricones score is magnificent especially during the bullring arena showdown which maybe the best non-Leone gun duel (even if it is meant as a parody of the Dollar trilogy duels).The climax comes early yeah,but thereās still plenty left in this movie to keep one enthralled.
I had huge expectations for this one after reading hiughes article about it. I was let down. It is not terrible but Iām sure the direct source DVD I saw of this was.
I gave it 5 even though I sort of think the ending after the colosseum duel feels out of placeā¦ I donāt think the fullscreen dvd is that bad the picture and sound are clear, iāve seen it on widescreen on tv in italian, canāt wait for a dvd release.
[quote=ādead-by-dawn, post:109, topic:177ā]still haven t seen it or found it made wild east wil release it
cross my fingers[/quote]
Koch Media is releasing this spring next year. And let me tell you that is the best that could happen to this movie. They will give this movie the quality release it deserves.
I recently watched a widescreen copy of this that Turner Classic Movies ran a while ago, i think i liked this even more than Companeros. If only Milian had played the part of Paco it would have been even more fun.
Hi Spaghetti Monkey welcome. Iām certainly not agree with you. Tony Musante is the best for Paco.
With Tomas it would have been more like Companeros.
Hopefully there will be a better release of The Mercenary this year!
Seeing as there is a lot of chat about Weisserās errors recently, I have a couple of questions here too regarding Fraylingās and Hughesā analyses of this movie. Unfortunately I donāt remember what Weisser said and, having just moved apartment, my copy is still sitting in storage.
Why does Frayling in āSpaghetti Westernsā (p.236) say that Jack Palanceās character, Curly, is homosexual? I just donāt see it myself.
Hughes in āOnce Upon a Time in the Italian Westā (p.214) says the international print cuts a scene where Pepote, which he misspells as Peporte, has his male appendage chopped off. Firstly that sounds too graphic even for a Corbucci SW (I never thought Iād say that); secondly I have the Japanese SPO print, which I believe to be uncut, which just shows this horrible sentence being passed and Pepote being taken away.
You donāt see it? Palanceās homosexuality isnāt shown directly, but is more than obvious in his habit, his hair-style, his behaviour, and especially in his scenes with all his nice young henchmen (especially Sebastian). He even mourns about their deaths.
Here is Frayling simply wrong. Unless the announced Koch DVD tells us different.
