Red Sun

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Allan C Should have been a classic Red Sun (1971) ** Shockingly clunky western that should have been a classic.  During a train heist, a Japanese ceremonial sword intended as a gift for the president is stolen from a Japanese dignitary, which sets off a rescue effort by gunfighter Charles Bronson and samurai Toshirô Mifune. Pairing a western film icon and a samurai film icon should have been a recipe for a fantastically fun film, especially when you have French crime film icon Alain Delon playing the villain. However, even with veteran Bond film director Terence Young behind the camera, this film is wildly clunky and never really clicks. Bronson and Mifune are immensely watchable and do their best with the material, but this film is a complete missed opportunity. This is a film I’d love to see remade by someone like Quentin Tarantino, who has a deep love of spaghetti westerns and of samurai films. FUN FACT! John Huston considered this, RED RIVER, and STAGECOACH to be the three best westerns ever made.  AI Capsule Review: Red Sun boasts a dream team of Charles Bronson, Toshirô Mifune, and Alain Delon, yet somehow squanders the promise of its East-meets-Western premise. Despite charismatic leads and Terence Young in the director’s chair, the film is clunky and never quite finds its rhythm. A fascinating missed opportunity that begs for a remake. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/01/25 Full Review j F. Western prequel to Mr Baseball. This movie rules! Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/18/25 Full Review Jay W The unique moment in history, where the samurai film and spaghetti Western combine. The two already have an entangled history, but this marks the day when one of the 7 Samuri meets one of the Magnificent 7. And just for good luck, let's throw in a Bond Girl and a Bond director. This movie spends too much time in transit. The movie is nearly 2 hours long, and it could have easily been shaved to a tight 98 minutes. The movie wastes too much time with long lingering shots of our heroes on horseback. They must have figured the Spanish scenery was enough to keep the audience's attention. Sorry to spend so much complaining about it, but it is proportional to how much screentime they spend trying to get to the main point. The Western movie tropes are used to good effect in this film. There is a great villain, alliances of convenience and a straightforward motivation for our heroes. Charles Bronson can sell some of the dumbest sounding lines but make them sound awesome. And there are plenty of cool one-liners for him to say in this one. Along with being bogged down with too much filler, there are several story beats and action scenes that are mishandled. Given the potential of this story, I wish we could have had something better. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/20/25 Full Review Stephen C Success in 1 hour and 52 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/20/25 Full Review Alain E A case where many first class ingredients do not coalesce in a successful sum. We have four first class actors from three continents, an important cinematographer and a good composer. The final outcome is a mediocre adventure with many corpses and brief exposure of Ursula Andress’ breasts. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/25 Full Review Abhijit S An unusual but very watchable spaghetti western. Star turns by Bronson, Delon, Mifune and Ursula Andress. Plot is good, the action is well paced and the locales in Spain are spectacular. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/22/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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