Navajo Joe

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Audience Member Outthinking your enemy. So this is about a Navajo warrior (Burt Reynolds). He is alone and pursuing a group of killers and bank robbers who massacred his tribe. Their numbers are in the dozens while he is but one fighter. How can he possibly tilt the odds in his favor? I wanted to wrap up my block of Westerns with one from the spaghetti variety that I hadn't seen before. Since Leone's library is so limited, I figured I would visit the other renowned Sergio director: Corbucci. I won't mince my words here: this movie is right up my alley. Now I wasn't even aware that Burt Reynolds was part Cherokee, at least according to him. I thought this movie could be problematic because I was unaware of this information, but he plays the part well. I thought I was walking into a Paul Newman Hombre situation, but that isn't the case. Even before this gets going, the music already had me hooked. It's Ennio Morricone on the score, and you have probably heard the music before in Kill Bill Vol. 2. That should surprise no one because Tarantino is infamous for paying homage or "borrowing" from the obscure. Navajo Joe doesn't reinvent the wheel, but it doesn't need to do that. For me, this is what the Western is all about. It's the whole package: you've got gunfights, grizzled outlaws, and a good vs. evil storyline. There are also showdowns, and that is the element that I don't feel Corbucci gets enough credit for: he knows how to build anticipation so you're on the edge of your seat, and then he gives you the payoff that you're itching to see. When I started watching Westerns during this stretch, this is exactly the kind of movie I hoped that I would happen upon. It's the whole package, and I don't have a whole lot in the complaint department. Of course, this is a spaghetti Western, and with that, you get some bumpiness around the edges. The dubbing doesn't ever 100% sync up, but that has become something I have come to expect, and it does not bother me in these films. Navajo Joe is a diamond in the rough, and to say that I'm pleased with my selection would be an understatement. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Matthew D Action-packed wild west goodness Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/04/21 Full Review delysid d im, suprised at the low rating of this picture. i absolutely loved this trippy, crazy film. i was impressed when i learned it was burt reynolds playing the indian, i had no idea Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/18 Full Review chris r Cheesy. Pour audio sync. Poor dubbing. Questionable Foley. Even for a spaghetti western I rate Navajo Joe on the lower end of the scale.. But if you want to relive / live the feel of that era of film Navajo Joe is one of those you will watch once. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Nowhere near as bad as Reynolds makes it out to be. Oh and fuck Tarantino for taking the music. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Rather mediocre, although my expectations weren't that high. It's a very simple revenge story, with a few subplots. The subplots about the prostitutes helping out and the corrupt doctor are a little interesting, but the whole train robbery/money thing wasn't.. Very little characterization for the most part.: a short conversation between Joe and the townspeople that's pro-Native American, and a story that the villain says about how he was bullied when he was young. Both are rather jammed in the story, and beyond that the dialogue mostly serves to move the simple plot along. Luckily the action is good, with some interesting cinematography and editing, although it seems to lack tension as Joe silently dispatches the bad guys with such ease most of the time. Finally, the Morricone score is easily the best part, and the music is far more epic than what's happening on screen. Overall decent, but one of the worst Spaghetti Westerns I've seen so far (out of about 13 right now). Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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