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Excellent, Without a doubt!!

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

The acting in this movie is really good.

Released in 1967 and directed by Giulio Petroni, "Death Rides a Horse" is a Spaghetti Western about an orphaned boy who grows up (John Phillip Law) to seek vengeance on the savage thugs who slaughtered and raped his family members. He teams-up, sort of, with an ex-convict (Lee Van Cleef) who's after the same scumbags.This has most of the attributes of Italo Westerns: Shot in Spain, poor dubbing, grim caricatures rather than three-dimensional characters, comic book violence, women existing solely to be abused, revenge (or greed) motif, awkward editing and a quirky score by the incredible Ennio Morricone. Both Law and Van Cleef are fitting and effective for their roles but, curiously, Law is typically lambasted by critics as "wooden" while Van Cleef is extoled. Actually, Law played the role as written and directed; sort of a 'Man with No Name' type who constantly chews on a toothpick.While this is a worthwhile Spaghetti Western it's hampered by a one-dimensional revenge story, over-length (for the thin plot), a lack of any prominent female character (and no notable secondary characters either) and a half-interesting/half-dull vibe where you find your mind periodically wandering. However, the relation that develops between the two protagonists is good. Reportedly, "Death Rides a Horse" was a favorite of Quentin Tarantino and it influenced his "Kill Bill." The movie runs 114 minutes and was shot in Spain.GRADE: C+

There is a reason why people love Spaghetti Westerns. Most of the time, the movies that came out of this era were a little bit more realistic then its American counterpart, in the way, the films are made. Most of the men have sun-scorched, dirty, sweaty, unshaven faces clothes in these films as it look like what an violent, anarchic wild west settling would look like. It doesn't look like the typical Hollywood movies at the time with clean-shaven, clean clothes, romantic boy-scout good guys VS evil guys. Most of the characters in a Spaghetti Western would probably have a shade of grey to their character. If you're a fan of Spaghetti Westerns like me, then this movie is a must-watch and it's pretty watchable. Death Rides a Horse is a very interesting movie, as it somewhat become more popular due to another way popular film call Kill Bill (2003). There are several influences from and reference of Death Rides a Horse in Quentin Tarantino's movie. Some good examples are this, both stories are really similar. The story of Death Rides a Horse, is about Bill Meceita, (John Phillip Law), a man who as a child, witnesses the slaughter of his family, is now a young adult bend to sets out to track down the outlaws that kill his family from the clues he remembers from that night. Whenever, Bill encounters one of the bandits that kill his family. The footage of the bandit attacking one of his family member in the past, is superimposed over Bill's face showing anger and memory. The same thing happens in Kill Bill whenever the Bride confronted one of the Deadly Vipers in that film. The scene where the young boy, Bill watches his family being killed off, in-part is reenacted in the animated scene of Kill Bill with a few changes like skull necklace is depicted as a skull ring, worn by the man who kills O-Ren's father. The theme song by Spaghetti Western legend Ennio Morricone is even use in Kill Bill when it relates to the relationship to the Bride character and O-Ren character. It's seem like they have a connection to each other. While, Bill search each member of the gang, Ryan (Lee Van Cleef), just got released from prison, is on the same trail like Bill to search for those bandits that has robbed and double-crossed him. What starts as a rivalry turns into a deadly cooperation, and the discovery of their linked pasts, and both hunters find himself having more in common, then they want to know. Like, Ryan and Bill; both Kill Bill and Death rides a horse has similar things to each other, and find themselves more in common, then it does seems to be. Directed by Giulio Petroni, Death rides a Horse has lapsed into the public domain and can be found anywhere from Youtube, libraries to DVDs. It's not too hard to find like the other Spaghetti Westerns due to its new found popularity with cult followers. Just be warn, that like other westerns of the time, the title of the film might be different depending where you live, as it had to be copy and translate back into English speaker language. Other names that this movie goes under is Viva Django, Man to Man or Two Deadliest Guns Alive. The original name for the film was 'Duel in the Wind', but Lee Van Cleef came up with the Italian title while discussing the movie with co-star, John Phillip Law who thought of the movie as a 'man to man' story by Luciano Vincenzoni. Hints why it's sometimes call 'Man to Man', but the title was subsequently retitled to 'Death Rides a Horse' to the English market. The English dubbing is pretty awful, as you can see people still talking in German or Italian in the background. Worth noting, the movie is a bit lengthy, but if you get the Italian version, it runs six minutes longer than the complete English assembly. There seem to be some scenes cut in the English version like when the Sheriff talks about Betsy. We never see Betsy in the English version of the film. The movie is far from perfect, as it has a clutter of clichés such as the one kill shots, and a high death count: 49 if you're counting. Why do some shooting victims have to do a little dance when they are dying? It just takes away from the realistic of the film. The intro was forgettable, and there were some bit boring parts toward the middle of the film, but it get better toward the end. I do like the sandstorm/ fort showdown, even if parts of it was a bit silly with identical shoots use multiply times. I don't know, why the villains took so long to attack them after retaking the fort. There were a few other problems, I notice as the movie scenes cut from day to night, back to day, and back to night. A good example of this is when Ryan is dumped by the bandits after the night of the robbery on the road to be captured by the Sheriff. Then the scene cuts back to the night of the robbery. What is going on here? I have to say that John Phillip Law's acting is mediocre. It kinda sank the picture in my opinion whenever they did a close up on his face and he reads his line out like a cardboard cut out. I do have to say, I did like the 'Revenge serve cold' speech between Ryan and Bill. Lee Van Cleef really made the film stand out. Overall: good movie at the time, and a lot better than some of the other films, I have saw. It's still have a few mistakes that hurt the film. This is truly a movie about revenge, and there is nothing sweet about it.

Perhaps by calling it a spaghetti western you now already know the storyline and the ending.It starts with a family being killed for some reason and yet the young boy is left alive by the gang who ensured they killed everyone else in the room. So - little thought went in to the scenario for setting up the revenge storyline.The boy grows up and ... well you can guess.Lee Van Cleef becomes the mentor, guardian, partner, competitor and plays his usual role to the usual high standard.The story plays out - but that's about it.There is nothing in the dialog to add value. There is nothing from the support actors. There aren't even any tense moments or long held stares as there should be in a spag-western.A fun genre, for which this is a lesser number.

A gang of western cutthroats kills a ranch family during a robbery, but misses the hidden boy witness. Fifteen years pass by quickly. All grown up, tall blond John Phillip Law (as Bill) uses visual clues to track his family's murderers. He receives an unlikely ally when likewise vengeful gunslinger Lee Van Cleef (as Ryan) gets out of jail; the older man was part of the gang, but played a different role than the others. They have a secret bond. Although dubbed, the stars make it predominantly English-speaking Italian film. This is a stylistically stiff, sneering and steely-eyed attempt to capitalize on the newly popular "spaghetti western" genre. Unconventional direction, camera-work and editing adds a little interest.*** Death Rides a Horse (8/31/67) Giulio Petroni ~ John Phillip Law, Lee Van Cleef, Mario Brega, Anthony Dawson