Kill Them All and Come Back Alone

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Audience Member Italian Director Enzo G. Castellari is a director I've always considered a talented hack. He lacks the artistry of genre directors like Sergio Leone or Sergio Corbucci, but is head and shoulders above the Jesús Franco or Umberto Lenzis of the world. I'd put him in the same category as Lucio Fulci. A flawed but a director of none-the-less interesting and entertaining films. This film in particular is a perfect example of what Castellari does well, directing action set pieces. The story involves Chuck Connors leading a Dirty Dozen style team during the US Civil War. They are working for the Confederacy to steal a shipment of Union gold hidden in cases of dynamite. Connors is ordered to steal the gold and to kill all his men and "come back alone." Frank Wolff is the only other recognizable actor in the film, although the actor playing this A-Team's BA Baracus, has the most awesome name ever, Hércules Cortés (though his character is less impressively names Bogard). There's a good Francesco De Masi for the film, wall-to-wall action and Wolff is a delicious villain. I didn't really mind the lack of character development or the silly plot holes, but my main complaint is that Connors character was supposed to be the hero of the film, but was not at all a sympathetic character. Spaghetti westerns typically had anti-heroes, so I'm good with that, but there was always a clear villain so the audience felt they had someone to at least root against, but Connor didn't really seem any different from the villan, which makes the audience feel as though it doesn't really matter at the end who wins the final showdown. It's clear we're supposed to be rooting for Connors, but I honestly didn't care if he'd lost at the end of the film. Still, despite that, it's a very entertaining spaghetti western, if not a very smart or artful one. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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