Django / Keoma / Texas, Adios - UK Region 2 Combined Review
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Django / Keoma / Texas, Adios - UK Region 2 Combined Review
We have taken a look at Monday's release of three Franco Nero spaghetti westerns, namely the superb Keoma, the classic Django, and the rather dire Texas, Adios. You can find the full review of these action-packed blood-baths here.
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What we have here are two undoubtedly classic examples of the genre. Django was a trendsetter and features some incredible brutality and a star turn from a guy who ended up delivering many more. Presented here, uncut with a fairly decent transfer (despite some print damage), it would be criminal to let it slip by. Snap it up.
Keoma is excellent. I hesitate to use the word masterpiece, but I found that it moved me, excited me, and that I couldn’t wait to watch it again. Franco Nero is immensely powerful as the half-breed Keoma; Woody Strode delivers that incredible death-screech massacre; and William Berger supplies tremendous emotional depth as Shannon. Coupled with some amazing battles and a cleverly eloquent climax, Keoma is, for me at least, a near-perfect movie. Again, this is uncut and the transfer, although not great, is perfectly acceptable. Give it a go. Ignore the fact that there is some other film in there called Texas, Adios and you’ll not be disappointed.
What we have here are two undoubtedly classic examples of the genre. Django was a trendsetter and features some incredible brutality and a star turn from a guy who ended up delivering many more. Presented here, uncut with a fairly decent transfer (despite some print damage), it would be criminal to let it slip by. Snap it up.
Keoma is excellent. I hesitate to use the word masterpiece, but I found that it moved me, excited me, and that I couldn’t wait to watch it again. Franco Nero is immensely powerful as the half-breed Keoma; Woody Strode delivers that incredible death-screech massacre; and William Berger supplies tremendous emotional depth as Shannon. Coupled with some amazing battles and a cleverly eloquent climax, Keoma is, for me at least, a near-perfect movie. Again, this is uncut and the transfer, although not great, is perfectly acceptable. Give it a go. Ignore the fact that there is some other film in there called Texas, Adios and you’ll not be disappointed.
