The Last Gun

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lostprairiedog Halfway decent, kinda boring eurowestern about a former gunslinger being forced out of retirement to combat a group of outlaws. Cameron Mitchell is actually pretty good as the protagonist, although someone else dubs his voice...I hate when that happens! Watched it on a really nice print courtesy of Mill Creek bluray. And the reason this film is really tame with its violence is because it came out before A Fistful of Dollars. Hence, it's a eurowestern and not really a spaghetti western. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 05/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Pretty good western where a gang of outlaws holes up in a town to steal a delivery of gold with the secret help of the town banker only to be thwarted by a mysterious masked rider. I would not have watched had Cameron Mitchell not starred and he puts in his usual strong performance. Made the same year as "A Fistful of Dollars", which provides some context as to how far the also-ran westerns were apart from Leone. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Quiet storekeeper rediscovers his past identity as an infamous masked outlaw to rid his town of a ruthless gang of cutthroats. The immortal Cameron Mitchell lends a hand to this early spaghetti western, which could be easily dismissed next to the Leone westerns released around the same time. I was surprised that no one identified the gunslinger Jim Hart and Bill the storekeeper as one and the same; it's not a very convincing disguise. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Nothing about "Stranger in Sacramento" director Sergio Bergonzelli's largely predictable horse opera "The Last Gun" qualifies as original, but this derivative Spaghetti western is more than palatable with solid production values. Cameron Mitchell, who appeared in his share of westerns in Tinseltown, stars as a notorious gunslinger who hangs up his hardware so he can settle down as a respectable storekeeper in a frontier town. Meanwhile, a trigger-happy outlaw, Jess (the ubiquitous Livio Lorenzon), who looks like the Europe's answer to Telly Savalas, plots with a corrupt, local banker to hijack a shipment of gold. Not surprisingly, things don't go as planned for Jess and his army of gunfighters. It seems that a mysterious pistolero turns up when they least expect him and thwarts our villain's every move. "The Last Gun" is an appropriately loquacious sagebrusher when one of the villains isn't being gunned down by an enigmatic figure in black leather with a bandanna covering his face. The townspeople quarrel among themselves about these intruders, but they are powerless to evict them. Clearly, "The Last Gun" draws inspiration from those traditional Hollywood oaters where an unsympathetic gunslinger struggles to blend into the scenery and not call attention to himself. Eventually, our reluctant hero must decide whether to maintain his anonymity or behave like a vigilante to preserve law and order. This movie pays homage to 1950's westerns with its opening ballad. Actually, "The Last Gun" recalls John Wayne's first singing western "Riders of Destiny" (1933)because one of the key characters rides through the rugged terrain warbling a tune to the accompaniment of his own guitar strummng. After the opening theme ballad, things settle down as Jess's gang terrorizes the town of Sanderson. Moreover, "The Last Gun" hero is a reformed gunman insteadof a swift-shooting bounty hunter. Bergonzelli and scenarists Ambrogio Molteni and James Wilde Jr., unveil the film's the best-kept secret during the final moments of the action. Livio Lorenzon makes a thoroughly slimy villain. His men and he run roughshod over everybody in town and the dutiful sheriff has to tolerate their presence because he is only one man. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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