“We don’t like the way you divide, Jack…”
Bleak, unforgiving, and downright dirty! Gianfranco Baldanello made approximately two Westerns starring Robert Woods, best known in Italy and throughout the genre for his portrayal of the Mexican gunslinger, Pecos. Whilst Woods had a somewhat patchy career, he still goes down in history as one of the best recognized leads of the Spaghetti Western; and this is surely one of his finest. Black Jack is a gothic revenge-thriller, fueled by anger, hatred…
“I can imitate a movie star.”
Anthony Mann and James Stewart’s passion and connection towards the Western shines through in Thunder Bay. It has the very feeling of the genre, and just so happens to be one of his least recognized dramatic-adventure films. Though I wouldn’t go as far as to say it’s “underrated” - it is a different change of pace for both Mann and Stewart, so if you carry any kind of interest for either of them, then…
666th Review
“You see - this hunchback craps bullets!”
The dynamic collaboration between Umberto Lenzi, Maurizio Merli and Tomas Milian strikes harder than ever this time around in what is essentially the Italian Dirty Harry. The Tough Ones (or Rome, Armed to the Teeth - which is just as much a suitable title) is the film that solidified Merli and Milian as undeniable stars of the genre. I’d explored poliziotteschi’s of all different natures and by all different kinds of directors long…
