Diamante Lobo/Opinions
An astonishingly bad film and a disappointment for all involved. Apart from the opening scene there isn't much to remind one of Parolini's earlier westerns. -- Stanton
Dumb, tasteless, occasionally dull and profoundly bizarre, but it has its moments, thanks to Parolini's weirdly metatextual obsession with the western in general, and his genuine (if peculiarly expressed) regard for Lee Van Cleef. -- Derringdo
I think this is highly underrated. The movie has a nice story, nice images and a good soundtrack. What it suffers from is the terrible american print that is circulating and that has this mostly very bad dubbing. I bet if there will one day be available a widescreen, uncut print with the original soundtrack remastered and good subtitles, this movie will end up in people's top 20 lists. --Sebastian 23:14, 16 July 2006 (CEST)
Comments
One of two 1976 Italian-Israeli co-productions starring Lee Van Cleef and Leif Garrett (Joseph Manduke's Kid Vengeance was the other), this spaghetti Western stars Van Cleef in a dual role as twin brothers. One of the brothers, Father John, is gunned down by the ruthless Sam Clayton (Jack Palance), allowing Sam's gang to take over Juno City. Young Johnny (Garrett) crosses into Mexico to convince the priest's twin, a retired bounty hunter named Lewis, to strap on his guns one more time and save the town. Van Cleef is compelling, even in his somewhat laughable wig, and the familiar cast also includes Richard Boone and Sybil Danning, but it somehow misses the mark. Irwin Yablans, who made his name with Halloween two years later, co-produced with Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus.