Shango, la Pistola Infallibile (1970)
Genre: Western
Duration: 90 minuten
Alternative title: Shango
Country:
Italy
Directed by: Edoardo Mulargia
Stars: Anthony Steffen, Eduardo Fajardo and Maurice Poli
IMDb score:
5,6 (322)
Releasedate: 21 March 1970
Shango, la Pistola Infallibile plot
Antonio De Teffè plays Shango, a Confederate officer captured by the Confederates during the American Civil War. They arrive in a small town controlled by a Mexican gang. When Shango escapes, he tries to keep the peace between the two groups, but fails due to the insane Confederate commander.
Actors and actresses
Shango
Major Droster
Martinez
Consuela
Pedrito, Mexican boy
Pamela
Salvador
Scott
Bragna
Tana
Reviews & comments
wendyvortex
-
- 5309 messages
- 7323 votes
The civil war is over, but a small farming town is still held under the thumb by the Confederates and a gang of Mexican bandits. Gunslinger Shango comes to the villagers' aid.
It is a shame that Shango is mainly a victim for the first half hour, but the final hour is quite a treat, with a super-fast-shooting Shango battling a sadistic bandit leader and an insane major who wants nothing to do with the end of the war.
Translated from Dutch · View original
thunderball
-
- 5970 messages
- 1426 votes
On Saturday, I watched the remastered version on a new English Blu-ray.
Once again, our favorite wooden, slurring, Brazilian aristocrat stars in a spaghetti western.
This was a film I had wanted to see for ages, if only because on posters and other promotional material you saw Steffen depicted as if he were a suffering Christ himself, and that had naturally caught my attention immediately. I always wondered if it was just me, until I read here that I wasn't the only one who saw it that way.
Unfortunately, there is actually no sign of that in the film, and I didn't come across a single scene that reminded me of even one of the images. Strange.
In fact, after an unfortunately somewhat slow and tedious first half hour, the film is simply the usual Steffen revenge movie, in which he shoots faster than his shadow à la Lucky Luke and hands out many a bandit a one-way ticket to the eternal hunting grounds. The final hour is therefore full of action, and his revolver does fire a great many bullets before it runs empty for once—purely for show, of course.
Not a bad movie, but not very special either, so still a bit of a letdown after all the posters and images that promised a slightly more special picture.
According to the case, it was a 4K print, so it will probably appear on there again sometime, but to be honest, I don't think that is worth the purchase again.
A solid six, or three stars.
Translated from Dutch · View original
Corporate & Media
Realtimes Network
Innovatieweg 20C
7007 CD, Doetinchem, Netherlands
+31(315)-764002
