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Gunslinger's Revenge
The idealistic lifestyle of an old West farmer, his Indian wife, and half-breed son is interrupted when the boy's old gunslinger father returns. They are not happy with his return despite the old gunslinger's intention to retire. Things take a turn for the worse when another gunslinger arrives in town, trying to force a battle with the father.
Release : | 1998 |
Rating : | 4.4 |
Studio : | Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, Pacific Pictures, |
Crew : | Production Design, Director of Photography, |
Cast : | Leonardo Pieraccioni Harvey Keitel David Bowie Sandrine Holt Alessia Marcuzzi |
Genre : | Comedy Western |
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It is a performances centric movie
Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.
When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
Well I should have seen it coming but I must have let my guard down. The final showdown had a twist ending that was a blast given what had gone before. Johnny Lowen's (Harvey Keitel) advice to 'go the other way' to his young grandson was well executed by crazy old Joshua (Jim van der Woude) in what was a cool ending for an evil David Bowie.I have to admit, seeing Bowie's name in the credits was the main reason I tuned into this one on the Encore Western Channel. Besides that, I really didn't need another one, as Westerns are my favorite genre and I catch as many as I can. Another surprise was this one turning out to be a spaghetti Western of sorts, but instead of your classic Ennio Morricone score, the opening music more resembled something coming out of "The Godfather". So in that respect this was more like a gangster Western, especially after Bowie and his crew showed up in Basin Flats.On the subject of Bowie as a Western villain, I had to groan a bit when he first came on screen. His voice didn't fit the character of a nasty villain, but he sure made up for it by being an equal opportunity killer. Poor Mary, there was no way Jack Sikora (Bowie) could have known about the knife, but he didn't really need a reason to shoot her given his character. Later he borrowed a page from Peter Townsend and The Who by whacking Joshua across the head with his guitar - nice touch.I suppose I should be more critical of the picture because other than Bowie, Keitel and the colorful cast of characters, this isn't one of the better Westerns you're likely to come across. I didn't care a whole lot for Leonardo Pieraccioni as Doc Lowen; it's OK to be a pacifist in a Western but his luck would have run out if gunslinger Dad hadn't ridden into town. One suggestion I would have made in the casting, since Joshua looked so much like Keith Richards, that's the guy I would have called on for more of a rock and roll flavor. But man, you can't beat that weirdo showdown where Bowie looked like the man who fell to earth.
This spaghetti-western is worth watching only because of one thing. O.K., maybe two: the stars of the project are Harvey Keitel and David Bowie. During the first half of the movie we're dealing with some strange combination of a cowboy story, comedy (not very bright, I must say) and... family movie. Well, it's boring and it reminded me of TV series called, yes, yes , "Dr, Quinn". Something interesting starts to happen when Bowie gets on the stage, but for his appearance we have to wait for a fifty minutes (fifty three, to be more specific). If you're a fan of the "rock'n'roll chameleon", you'll see this one anyway. In case you don't admire the gentleman, you should forget about "Il mio west" - it's the kind of a flick that makes you think: why the hell someone decided to film this?
I think that Pieraccioni made one very good film that is "Il ciclone", then he used the fame he got with this movie to sell other ones. I think he should stop, and then appear again only with a movie at the same level as "il ciclone" was; otherwise he is going to ruin the good image he has now.
Anybody knowing the previous movies with Pieraccioni will be very mad. It's not a western, it's not a romance, it's not a comedy. It should not have been made.