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▓ ▒ █ Supplier : sfE Date : Jun-14-2003 █ ▒ ▓
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█ █ label : Cometa █ █
█ █ code : CMT 1008-20 █ █
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█ █ comments : Blue Underground has triumphantly █ █
█ █ returned after a slew of incredible █ █
█ █ genre releases and at the same time has █ █
█ █ added another fine forgotten genre to █ █
█ █ their ever-growing library of eclectic █ █
█ █ titles. They've hit us hard so far with █ █
█ █ the horror of The Toolbox Murders and █ █
█ █ then slapped us silly with a crime drama █ █
█ █ Revolver and an entertaining heist flick █ █
█ █ in Grand Slam. They quickly returned █ █
█ █ with erotic mayhem that would make even █ █
█ █ Al Goldstein blush in films like Eugenie █ █
█ █ and Quiet Days in Clichy. They now █ █
█ █ present a literal wet dream come true █ █
█ █ for fans of the Spaghetti Western genre █ █
█ █ as Blue Underground unleashes their █ █
█ █ outstanding compilation The Spaghetti █ █
█ █ Western Collection in early January █ █
█ █ 2003. I'm pleased to say that the █ █
█ █ verdict on this set is nothing more than █ █
█ █ "Please sir, may I have another?" The █ █
█ █ set, which brings together 4 very █ █
█ █ entertaining and altogether different █ █
█ █ titles, is a definite treat for fans of █ █
█ █ the genre. Included in the set are Run █ █
█ █ Man Run, Mannaja (A Man Called Blade), █ █
█ █ Django and Django Kill. All titles are █ █
█ █ available as part of the set or █ █
█ █ individually, except for Django which █ █
█ █ can only be had with the purchase of the █ █
█ █ Box Set. Each disc features some █ █
█ █ interesting extras along with well █ █
█ █ written (and worth the read) liner █ █
█ █ notes. The revamped version of Django is █ █
█ █ destined to be a fan favorite, as well █ █
█ █ as a first choice over the previous █ █
█ █ Anchor Bay release, but more on that █ █
█ █ goodness later. It's time to get down █ █
█ █ and dirty and dig in Spaghetti Western █ █
█ █ style. █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ Run Man Run - From Sergio Sollima, the █ █
█ █ man that brought us Revolver and Violent █ █
█ █ City, comes an oddball film of sorts █ █
█ █ that touches on just about every base █ █
█ █ from strong political subtext to bizarre █ █
█ █ comic relief right down to sheer human █ █
█ █ terror. Thomas Milan (Four of the █ █
█ █ Apocalypse) reprises his role of █ █
█ █ Cuchillo (The Big Gundown) as a man down █ █
█ █ on his luck that everyone seems to want █ █
█ █ a piece of. After he's unjustly █ █
█ █ imprisoned, a revolutionary poet named █ █
█ █ Ramirez (played by Jose Torres) strikes █ █
█ █ a monetary bargain with Cuchillo to help █ █
█ █ him escape. When Ramirez is unexpectedly █ █
█ █ gunned down he entrusts and hands off █ █
█ █ info to Cuchillo concerning some hidden █ █
█ █ gold; Ahhh the riches, but not without a █ █
█ █ price. Now everyone REALLY wants a slice █ █
█ █ of Cuchillo's ass and they'll stop at █ █
█ █ nothing to get it. Along the way █ █
█ █ Cuchillo will be beaten, tortured, shot █ █
█ █ at, helped, tied to a windmill, nearly █ █
█ █ blown to bits and enjoy a brief stint as █ █
█ █ a missionary. While not overtly violent █ █
█ █ like the other films in the set Run Man █ █
█ █ Run does a pretty good job of getting █ █
█ █ its point across. While the onscreen █ █
█ █ violence may be a bit subdued, the real █ █
█ █ violence comes across in the anguished █ █
█ █ and tortured expressions on the faces of █ █
█ █ those involved. Despite the obvious █ █
█ █ seriousness of the situation, all the █ █
█ █ while there's an unnerving layer of █ █
█ █ comic relief that creeps up from time to █ █
█ █ time. Take for example when Cuchillo █ █
█ █ inadvertently steps right into a firing █ █
█ █ line, or his constant insistence that "I █ █
█ █ didn't do anything" or "I wasn't there", █ █
█ █ as he's constantly captured and █ █
█ █ recaptured╔ simply for being there. █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ Run Man Run certainly makes for an █ █
█ █ enjoyable viewing experience despite █ █
█ █ some brief instances of slow down. █ █
█ █ Thomas Milian is wonderful as always █ █
█ █ with exceptional screen presence and █ █
█ █ Sergio Sollima once again shows us his █ █
█ █ skills as a filmmaker with some █ █
█ █ beautifully composed shots and well █ █
█ █ executed set pieces. If Run Man Run has █ █
█ █ one thing going for it, it's that it █ █
█ █ never seems excessive or over the top, █ █
█ █ simply for the sake of being so all the █ █
█ █ while remaining a fun and entertaining █ █
█ █ ride. █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ Extras for Run Man Run include a █ █
█ █ 16-minute featurette entitled Run Man █ █
█ █ Run 35 Years Running that includes █ █
█ █ interviews with both Sollima and Milian. █ █
█ █ As with most of Blue Underground's █ █
█ █ original featurettes it a nice █ █
█ █ informative piece. Next up is a vintage █ █
█ █ 60's documentary entitled Westerns █ █
█ █ Italian Style that runs about 38 █ █
█ █ minutes. This retro documentary features █ █
█ █ some incredible footage and appearances █ █
█ █ from celebrities (Klaus Kinski, Thomas █ █
█ █ Milian and John Saxon) and directors █ █
█ █ (Enzo Castellari, Sergio Sollima, Sergio █ █
█ █ Corbucci) alike. Also included are a █ █
█ █ trailer, solid poster and still gallery █ █
█ █ (with some great ad art) and talent bios █ █
█ █ for both Sollima and Milian. █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ Mannaja A Man Called Blade - Directed by █ █
█ █ Sergio Martino (probably best known for █ █
█ █ Torso and the gut-munching epic Mountain █ █
█ █ of the Cannibal God) Mannaja is also at █ █
█ █ times a Western of different sorts. █ █
█ █ Appearing quite late in the genre █ █
█ █ Mannaja stars Maurizio Merli as Blade, a █ █
█ █ loner and a bounty hunter who's better █ █
█ █ with a hatchet than he is with a gun █ █
█ █ (which is evident within the first few █ █
█ █ frames of the film). Blade wanders upon █ █
█ █ a mining town that is run by the corrupt █ █
█ █ and wheelchair bound McGowan and his █ █
█ █ equally corrupt and slickly dressed █ █
█ █ sidekick Voller. With multiple scores to █ █
█ █ settle, McGowan is forced to hire Blade █ █
█ █ to track down his missing daughter. █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ Extremely sadistic and violent Mannaja █ █
█ █ once again stands as a fine example of █ █
█ █ the genre. Filled with great █ █
█ █ performances and fog drenched scenes (to █ █
█ █ mask imperfections in the sets of all █ █
█ █ things) it's a really entertaining run. █ █
█ █ Not for the squeamish there are some █ █
█ █ scenes that could make even the hardened █ █
█ █ gore fan run for cover including a scene █ █
█ █ that rivals the torturous eyes taped █ █
█ █ open over needles in Argento's Opera. █ █
█ █ Also worth mentioning is the odd yet █ █
█ █ effective 70's folk-rock soundtrack, █ █
█ █ very catchy. █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ Extras include another original █ █
█ █ featurette entitled A Man Callled Sergio █ █
█ █ (12-minutes), which features another █ █
█ █ fine interview with director Sergio █ █
█ █ Martino. Also included are a brief █ █
█ █ stills gallery, trailer, and Sergio █ █
█ █ Martino bio. █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ Django - Often considered to be one of █ █
█ █ the greatest Westerns ever made, the █ █
█ █ original Django is without a doubt a █ █
█ █ true masterpiece in nearly every sense █ █
█ █ of the word. Franco Nero stars as Django █ █
█ █ a wanderer who travels the countryside █ █
█ █ dragging a coffin behind him. He happens █ █
█ █ upon a young woman being beaten by some █ █
█ █ mask wearing mercenaries and it's at █ █
█ █ this point that we first learn why █ █
█ █ Django's wallet bears the insignia of █ █
█ █ bad motherfucker. Django saves the girl █ █
█ █ and the two travel to a local town that █ █
█ █ is ruled by a prejudice general and his █ █
█ █ cronies who likes to spend their spare █ █
█ █ time killing Mexicans for sport. Soon █ █
█ █ the town learns of the secret that █ █
█ █ Django carries in that coffin of his █ █
█ █ (this needs to be seen to be believed) █ █
█ █ and join forces with Django in a quest █ █
█ █ for some gold. If you think things go █ █
█ █ exactly the way they were planned then █ █
█ █ you'd be sorely mistaken, this wouldn't █ █
█ █ be an A Class western without a grand █ █
█ █ finale (grand in its efffective █ █
█ █ simplicity), and that's just what the █ █
█ █ viewer is given. █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ Easily one of the most heart wrenching █ █
█ █ and violent westerns I can think of, █ █
█ █ Django is a first class affair all the █ █
█ █ way. Nero is simply fantastic as the █ █
█ █ title character and the ruthless yet █ █
█ █ effective set pieces will stay with you █ █
█ █ long after you hit eject on your DVD █ █
█ █ player. The story may not be new, but █ █
█ █ the immaculate execution is worth the █ █
█ █ price of admission on its own. There is █ █
█ █ very little that is funny to be found in █ █
█ █ Django except for a few moments of the █ █
█ █ darkest of black comedy. As a whole █ █
█ █ you'd be hard pressed to find anything █ █
█ █ wrong with this flick or with its █ █
█ █ presentation on this DVD. Django was █ █
█ █ previously available from Anchor Bay in █ █
█ █ an OK transfer with only a dubbed █ █
█ █ soundtrack audio option. This release █ █
█ █ from Blue Underground marks a true first █ █
█ █ as not only is it sourced from original █ █
█ █ negatives (colors are extremely █ █
█ █ vibrant), but we have the option of █ █
█ █ hearing Nero's real voice with English █ █
█ █ subs. Easily outclassing Anchor Bay's █ █
█ █ disc by a long shot, this is obviously █ █
█ █ the way to go and you can only get █ █
█ █ Django as part of the Box Set, its not █ █
█ █ available on its on. █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ Extras for Django include a 13-minute █ █
█ █ featurette entitled Django: The One and █ █
█ █ Only which includes interviews with Nero █ █
█ █ and asst. director Ruggero Deodato █ █
█ █ (Cannibal Holocaust). Also included are █ █
█ █ a trailer, still gallery and talent bios █ █
█ █ for Sergio Corbucci and Franco Nero. █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ Django Kill ...If You Live, Shoot! - The █ █
█ █ liner notes describe this film as an █ █
█ █ "art house" or "gothic western" and upon █ █
█ █ reading those words I couldn't agree █ █
█ █ more. Truly an odd film from the start, █ █
█ █ the opening scene is literally our hero █ █
█ █ Django rising from what was supposed to █ █
█ █ have been his grave. Django aims to █ █
█ █ catch up with the men who almost killed █ █
█ █ him and exact his revenge but the truly █ █
█ █ bizarre town they all wind up in will █ █
█ █ exact its own type of revenge for him. █ █
█ █ This is a town unlike any other and it's █ █
█ █ up to Django to protect the innocent █ █
█ █ from the perverse corruption that █ █
█ █ populates this evil place. █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ Full of bizarre imagery and even more █ █
█ █ bizarre editing techniques this Django █ █
█ █ is truly like no other. The film is full █ █
█ █ of dreamlike sequences and oddly edited █ █
█ █ set pieces. Bizarre horror, humiliation █ █
█ █ and torture abound with more than one's █ █
█ █ share of religious metaphors thrown in █ █
█ █ for good measure. Lot's of violence to █ █
█ █ be found within these walls as well █ █
█ █ including a grotesque moment in which a █ █
█ █ group of people dig into a mans chest █ █
█ █ cavity in search of golden bullets. What █ █
█ █ else would one expect from director █ █
█ █ Guilio Questi who unleashed upon the █ █
█ █ world the bizarre horror classic Death █ █
█ █ Laid an Egg. █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ Extras include a 21-minute featurette █ █
█ █ entitled Django, Tell! This feature █ █
█ █ includes interviews with Milian, Questi █ █
█ █ and actor Ray Lovelack. Also included is █ █
█ █ a poster and still gallery. █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ Quality wise, it's nothing but high █ █
█ █ marks all around. Each of these films █ █
█ █ looks simply outstanding with only trace █ █
█ █ amounts of minor print damage here and █ █
█ █ there. These films look exceptional with █ █
█ █ absolutely no sign of digital artifacts █ █
█ █ and nice, bright solid colors all █ █
█ █ around. As usual Blue Underground does █ █
█ █ and exceptional job on their transfers, █ █
█ █ fans will be ultimately overjoyed. █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ Audio is equally impressive with each █ █
█ █ film featuring mono English and Italian █ █
█ █ tracks with a choice of optional English █ █
█ █ Subs. Both mono tracks on all four films █ █
█ █ sound equally fine with nice clear █ █
█ █ dialogue and absolutely no distortion to █ █
█ █ speak of. It's worth noting that fans █ █
█ █ will truly dig the revamped Django disc █ █
█ █ with the optional English subs as we get █ █
█ █ to hear Nero's real voice, which makes █ █
█ █ all the difference in the world and was █ █
█ █ missing from Anchor Bay's version due to █ █
█ █ only a dubbed track being available. █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ Four exceptional films, four exceptional █ █
█ █ presentations, Blue Underground has done █ █
█ █ it again, and are to be truly commended. █ █
█ █ As a set or individually, these discs █ █
█ █ are worth their weight in gold and █ █
█ █ should make fans of the Spaghetti █ █
█ █ Western sub genre very happy. Keep in █ █
█ █ mind that the only way to snatch the new █ █
█ █ disc of Django is with a purchase of the █ █
█ █ complete set, which comes highly █ █
█ █ recommended from this cult movie fan. █ █
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█ █ 01.Wolf [03:48] █ █
█ █ 02.The Ransom [01:51] █ █
█ █ 03.Axe and Angela [01:11] █ █
█ █ 04.Loneliness [01:24] █ █
█ █ 05.The Casino-Saloon [02:44] █ █
█ █ 06.Axe is Back [02:24] █ █
█ █ 07.The Kidnapping [02:45] █ █
█ █ 08.Axe and Mcgowan [01:11] █ █
█ █ 09.Seeking Revenge [01:21] █ █
█ █ 10.Debra [01:12] █ █
█ █ 11.No Gold...Only Stones [00:40] █ █
█ █ 12.Snake [02:42] █ █
█ █ 13.The Hatchet [02:30] █ █
█ █ 14.Out of the Tunnel and Finale [03:16] █ █
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