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Sabata
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The man in black with the high cheekbones takes no prisoners
Review date: 2008-10-10 Rating: 10 out of 10
Lee Van Cleef - the man who was born to be the bad guy in gritty Westerns doesn't disappoint in this movie.
Van Cleef (Sabata) happens to be in a small town (Daugherty) when the bank is raided and $100,000 is stolen. Taking justice into his own hands, he rides into town the next day with 7 dead bad guys on a cart. Things turn nasty though when Sabata realises that it was actually an inside job.
This film has all the classic ingredients if you like this genre - shootouts, baddies falling off balconies, desert landscapes, Mexican bandits with racks of bullets round their torsos coming undone, saloon girls flashing their black nylons and double dealing over wads of dollars.
Sabata is in a dark suit throughout this film and there's a high bodycount (he even shoots down the town's priest).
Despite the shooting sprees, this is not a sinister or dark movie. In fact, it has some light touches.
One for the collection if this is your thing.
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Reviews
THE MAN WITH THE GUNSIGHT EYES COMES TO KILL!
Review date: 2008-04-12 Rating: 10 out of 10
SABATA was created as a wild west version of 007, hense all of his gadgets and his four barrelled gun.The film is an ampted up over the top epic, and I can't believe you could dislike it. Van Cleef gives one of his finest performances and William Berger is fine support as Banjo, cocky smart-ass who never really gets whats coming to him, and Franco Ressel is hilarious as the homosexual baddie Mr Stengel.
Lee Van Cleef as James Bond!!!!!!
Review date: 2007-06-28 Rating: 6 out of 10
"Sabata" or "Ehi amico... c'è Sabata, hai chiuso!" is a comic book affair with ridiculously over the top action and banal dialogue. This is a very childish film and also extraordinarily camp. I misconstrued the first look between the effeminate Villain and his fat banker accomplice as a look of homosexual satisfaction!
Lee Van Cleef is as magnetic as ever and steals every scene. He has a Mexican comic sidekick that is not very funny and a Wayne Sleep look-alike that bounces on hidden trampolines through out most of the film. William Berger is truly awful as Banjo the murderous musician. His performance, if you can call it that, is so bad that it makes you cringe. His smirk is that of an old woman without her dentures in. You keep hoping through out the picture that Sabata will shoot that ridiculous actor in the face.
There is some very imaginative gunplay in this film that most certainly livens up the infantile proceedings. "Sabata" is really a cheap James Bond picture set in the west and I am sure Frank Kramer or should I say Gianfranco Parolini had that in mind while developing the project. My favourite moment is when Lee Van Cleef confuses a would-be assassin by posing behind a gilt picture frame.
The production design by Carlo Simi is very good especially the interiors and the saloon in particular. The music is also good fun especially the go-go title theme. That said this is a stupid little film that has its moments but if it weren't for Lee Van Cleef it would signify nothing.
The DVD has excellent picture quality and sound but no special features.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Pedro Sanchez
Nick Jordan
William Berger
Lee Van Cleef
Creators:
Lee Van Cleef (Primary Contributor)
William Berger (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: MGM Entertainment
Manufacturer: MGM Entertainment
EAN: 5050070028379
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen,
Release date: 2005-08-15
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 102 minutes
Language: Dutch (Subtitled)
Language: Finnish (Subtitled)
Language: French (Subtitled)
Language: Spanish (Subtitled)
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: French (Dubbed)
Language: German (Dubbed)
Language: Spanish (Dubbed)