I subjected myself to a spaghetti Western festival of sorts.
Four of the Apocalypse
Awful. Awful, awful, awful. This movie is so bad, I'm almost willing to write Lucio Fulci off whatever list I originally had him pencilled in on. There are a few good gunshot/special effects at the beginning and a noteworthy (in its gruesomeness) cannabalism scene, two items that remind me of Fulci's cinematic strengths. They amount to about five minutes. The entire movie is over a hundred. Do not waste your time.
Netflix "star" rating: 2
Ace High
Eli Wallach essentially reprises his character from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. I mean I'm not bothering to check the years on these two to see which, in fact, came first. But you get the idea: Eli plays "the joker" to put his enemies off guard and win the day. He's got two allies he tricks into helping him win that day, one is pretty much a Man With No Name rip-off. But overall I enjoyed the story; I just felt it could've been more abbreviated. Wallach's facial expressions are classic.
Netflix "star" rating: 3
Death Rides a Horse
My festival had this noticeable spike in quality, going from under-the-Earth awful to stratospheric greatness. John Phillips kind of annoyed me throughout this one, but I'm biased because he was sharing the movie with Lee Van Cleef. I read where this movie made the list that Kill Bill payed homage to and the "intense-music/close-up of the hero's eyes whenever he sees one of the gang who killed his family" made me nod and smile. This movie was pretty episodic as the heroes join forces to bring a gang to justice, and my attention didn't wane from episode to episode.
Netflix "star" rating: 3
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