★ 6 / 10
Decent Paella/Spaghetti Western professionally directed by expert filmmaker Joaquin Romero Marchent
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One of the first Paella Western filmed in Spain with spectacular outdoors from Manzanares Del Real , and Colmenar Viejo (Madrid), location where were filmed a…
One of the first Paella Western filmed in Spain with spectacular outdoors from Manzanares Del Real , and Colmenar Viejo (Madrid), location where were filmed a lot of Westerns , pre-Almeria boom . Good Iberian Western well realized by the best Tortilla Western director , Joaquin Romero Marchent . It packs crossfire , thrills , action , go riding , and lots of shots and gun-play . It's an exciting western titled "Magnificent three¨ with breathtaking showdown between the protagonist Geoffrey Horne and the enemies as Robert Hundar , Aldo Sambrell , Miguel De La Riva and other hoodlums . It deals with a family formed by father named Don César Guzmán (Geoffrey Horne) , mother (Charo Del Rio) and child living happily at their hacienda . When rancher leaves his wife without protection she is attacked by a group of heartless outlaws (Aldo Sambrell , Miguel De la Riva , Emilio Rodríguez , Lorenzo Robledo , among others) and it results in mother's murder . When he finds his spouse dead , he swears to carry out a bloody revenge . As Cesar Guzmán is relentless in his vendetta , deadly in his violence . The conflict is simple , one between avenger Guzmán against also merciless killers . As he seeks vengeance for the murder of his wife , being helped by a tough gunslinger (Paul Piaget) and a sympathetic Mexican (Fernando Sancho). They follow similar ways when seeking out vendetta for the mummy's killing . Enjoyable Chorizo-Spaghetti Western mostly produced by Spain and Italian secondary participation ; it doesn't follow the Sergio Leone wake and being proceeded in American style . This interesting Iberian western contains a story full of vengeance , good dramatic pace and slick direction . This is a classical western before Leone's style , it is an ordinary example of American western style though it is partly Spanish and partly Italian . Interesting screenplay and story by Jose Mallorqui , a notorious writer who wrote the successful ¨El Coyote¨ series . it results to be a trilling as well as a western vengeance with lots of shots and emotion . The film packs action , thrills , shootouts , drama , high body-count and entertainment . It's an intelligent western with spectacular outdoors and breathtaking confrontation among protagonists , three implacable friends : Geoffrey Horne , Paul Piaget and Fernando Sancho against the heartless enemies such as Ralf Baldassarre , Aldo Sambrell , John McDouglas and of course , the ordinary nasty Robert Hundar in similar role to ¨Brandy¨ by Jose Luis Borau . Charismatic performance for whole casting . Special mention to notorious Spaghetti actor Robert Hundar -pseudonym of Claudio Undari a Sicilian actor specialized in western films- , he is magnificent as a violent gunfighter dressed in black ; he steals the show as a merciless bandit similarly to Jack Palance's Shane . Fantastic performance by the always great Fernando Sancho in a likable role , subsequently he would play similar characters , furthermore the slimy, menacing outlaw played by Aldo Sambrell , here in his ordinary role as bandit and in a cruelly baddie character . Furthermore, there appears usual Italian/Spanish Western support actors , a largely secondary cast filled with familiar faces , all of them ordinary in Chorizo/Spaghetti western , such as Lorenzo Robledo , Miguel De La Riva , Emilio Rodriguez , Simon Arriaga , Rufino Ingles , Xan Das Bolas , Jesús Guzman and many others . The musician Manuel Parada composes an atmospheric soundtrack , well conducted and with agreeable leitmotif , including catching songs at the beginning and the end . Passable cinematography , though being necessary a perfect remastering , filmed by cameraman Rafael Pacheco on locations in Manzanares Del Real and Colmenar Viejo , as usual ; including good sets by Jaime Perez Cubero and Jose Luis Galicia who carried out the most Production Design on Western shot in Spain . They made a little town called ¨Golden City¨ where filmed several Westerns as ¨Welcome Padre Murray¨ , ¨Brandy¨ , various ¨Zorros¨ directed by Marchent and this one . The movie titled "Tres Hombres Buenos" or "Sons of Vengeance" or ¨Implacable Three" or "Magnificent Three" or ¨3 Implacables¨ was well produced by Copercines/Eduardo Manzanos Brochero who produced various films for Marchent brothers as Joaquin Romero Marchent : ¨Cabalgando Hacia Muerte¨; and Rafael Marchent : ¨Quien Grita vengeance¨, ¨Two crosses in Danger Pass¨ and PEA/Alberto Grimaldi , previously to produce his successful trilogy of dollars/Sergio Leone . The motion picture was decently directed and in traditional style by recently deceased Joaquin Luis Romero Marchent (1921-2012) at his best . He was an expert writer and director of good Western . His first film was ¨El Coyote¨ and the sequel titled ¨Revenge of Coyote¨ shot in Mexico . After that , he filmed ¨The shadow of Zorro¨ and ¨Revenge of Zorro¨. He went go directing Western as ¨ Riding to death ¨ , ¨Adventures in the West¨ , ¨Three good men¨, ¨Sabor Venganza ¨ and the most popular and violent ¨Condenados a Vivir¨ . Plus , he wrote for his brother Rafael Romero the followings Western : ¨Manos Torpes¨, ¨Ocaso un Pistolero¨ and ¨Garringo¨ . Rating : Acceptable , a nice Paella Western that has its entertaining moments.
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★ 5 / 10
Three Cowboys Seeking Justice
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After his wife is murdered while he is away, a young cowboy named "Cesar Guzman" (Geoffrey Horne) sets out to find and kill the seven men he believes are…
After his wife is murdered while he is away, a young cowboy named "Cesar Guzman" (Geoffrey Horne) sets out to find and kill the seven men he believes are responsible. Although outnumbered at first, he is joined along the way by two other cowboys named "João Silveira" (Paul Piaget) and "Diego Abriles" (Fernando Sancho), who are equally skilled with a gun and fearless in such situations. Complicating matters, however, is the fact that the leader of the gang who murdered Guzman's wife has drifted into a town run by a crooked mayor named "Samuel Hopkins" (Antonio Gradoli), who is worried that these three courageous men might weaken his tenuous hold on the town and wants them gone, one way or another. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will simply say that this was an okay Western, which suffered to some degree from the English dubbing that compromised the overall effect. Having said that, I suppose it was still worth the time spent, and I have rated it accordingly. Average.
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5.2/10
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