Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Death Is Sweet from the Soldier of God (1972)

Original title: Semino Morte...lo Chiamavano il Castigo di Dio!

Director: Roberto Mauri

Writers: Roberto Mauri, Roberto Bianchi Montero

Composer: Vasili Kojucharov

Starring: Brad Harris, Jose Torres, Maretta Procaccini, Roberto Messina, Zara Cilli, Franco Pasquetto, Matilde Antonelli, Mariella Palmich, Gino Turini, Irio Fantini, Ivo Scherpiani, Emilio Messina, Pietro Fumelli, Vassili Karis

More info: IMDb

Plot:  Respectable lawman Django is wrongly accused for stealing the town's money.  He escapes from jail to find the real thieves who are perfectly OK with him taking the blame.  He's out for revenge to clear his name and bring in the bad guys.



My rating: 5.5/10

Will I watch it again?  No.

Eh, it's OK but it leans to the slow, boring side of the Spaghetti Western spectrum.  Kojucharov provides a pretty good theme but it's used too much and there's very little variation.  It is a good theme, though, so that makes it better than a lot of these pictures.  But then you've got a film full of simple camera movement and editing.  It lacks any punch or excitement.  The characters are OK I guess and the dubbing is serviceable.  I didn't find much to like about this picture except for the music.  At its best, this genre offers excitement, great locations, violence, great heroes band better villains.  This picture is watchable if uninspired. 

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