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  Review by Geoffrey Broomer ★★

  Giuliano Gemma once again reunites with the director responsible for his A Pistol for Ringo (1965) star turn, Duccio Tessari, to tackle the immensely popular Bonelli/Gallepini western comic, Tex. Tessari's earlier peplum scripts usually incorporated fantastical elements, so the weird west is in full effect as Tex tackles a mummification dart shooting Aztec cult. Gemma will be aided by William Berger as Kit Carson. More adventure than western, Tex comes across as a tribute to serials - not unlike Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), but lacks the big set pieces or creative flourishes to do right by its source material. The end result is less Indiana Jones and more in the vein of SCTV's Six Gun Justice.

  There are…

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  Review by sakana1 ★★ 7

  Based on several adventures of the wildly popular Italian comic book character Tex Willer, Tex and the Lord of the Deep was simultaneously an attempt to revive the spaghetti western and a pilot for a hoped-for RAI TV series about the character. Published for the first time in 1948, the Tex series was the most successful comic in Italian history, and its title character — a man of uncompromising principles who was both a Texas Ranger and a friend to indigenous people (at one point in the series, he becomes chief of all the Navajo) — was a beloved figure, not just in Italy but also around the world (the series' following in Brazil is, reportedly, particularly big).

  There had…

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  Review by mosquitodragon ★★ 2

  In reading sakana1's excellent piece on this film, I was surprised to learn what great expectations had been invested in it by the Italian film industry. Because the overwhelming impression I get from it is that no one involved seemed to give much of a shit about what they were doing. Certainly not Duccio Tessari, who seems to be making the most desultory attempt possible in filming and editing this material. There's a very noticeable lack of close-ups. So much of this film is shot in wide angle - it's often quite difficult to make out who is even talking, and this has the effect of making it almost impossible to get involved in the story. It's a bit like…

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  Review by Filipe Furtado ★★

  Italian film industry last grasp adapted from the Bonelli western comic and directed by Duccio Tessari. It is more adventure than spaghetti with some fantastical elements and curious production design. There’s a couple of good action beats early on, but the film’s energy come and goes and by the time it gets into the deep of the title things are started to get very tired. Giuliano Gemma doing Tex should be a lot more memorable than this.

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  Review by dinosauroidable ★★★

  Temple of Doomy western with insta-mummifying blow darts and a hooded Lord of the Deep who shambles around magma vents in a cave mumbling to an old Aztec god, but otherwise mostly unremarkable. Directed by Duccio Tessari and starring Giuliano Gemma, but it's no Return of Ringo obviously.

  One of the ones I've been watching with dad.

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  Review by Parker ★★

  Tex and the Lords of the Deep Sleep.

  
  
  

  (cuz it's boring.)

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  Review by Gabriele Segapeli ★½

  Per l'affetto verso i personaggi gli posso dare una stella e mezzo, ma è inutile parlare tanto di una cazzata grottesca e piena di perle trash.

  Voglio dire, ma di tante storie capolavoro proprio quella dei Maya magici, eh? E perché non la storia di Tex contro l'alieno?

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  Review by cambodianteak ★½

  Spaghetti western with a spritzing of the mystical and the fantastic. Nah.

  WoFF minus Malone, Nick

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  Review by Gabriele Segapeli

  Recensione de Tex e il signore degli abissi: youtu.be/zU_IxCDxz_Y

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  Review by bandsaboutmovie ★★

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  “They say he came from the north, like the ice wins that sweep the prairies during the great winter. Tex Willer. From the furthest reaches of the Silver Mountains to the birth of the Blue River of the long canoes, his name was spoken with respect. Death rode at his side, ready to strike anyone. who dared violate the law of white man. But his spirit soared free. It knew no boundaries. And it came to pass that even the Indian tribes learned to respect him. And they gave him the name Night Eagle. Then came the day when he joined his blood with the blood of the Navajos. And after a few moons, his forehead bore the symbol of…