Rocco – Ich leg' dich um (1967)

Rocco – Ich leg’ dich um: Directed by Giuseppe Vari. With George Eastman, Dragomir Bojanic-Gidra, Dana Ghia, Daniele Vargas. Ramon’s parents are killed by men of landowner John Barrett. While trying to get revenge, Ramon is wounded but has saved the life of Rezza, an old disillusioned killer. While nursing his wounds, the men become reluctanfriends and Rezza teaches Ramon the art of shooting, surviving and the loneliness a killer has to bear. Ramon becomes threat for Barrett, the landowner engages Rezza to kill Ramon.

“As you probably know, there were a number of spaghetti westerns that capitalized on the success of DJANGO, namely by renaming (during the dubbing) of characters to the name of u0026quot;Djangou0026quot;, as they did with this movie. (At least they didnu0026#39;t try to further the ripoff here by having the Django here dress in black and carry a machine gun, as some other films did.) u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnyway, this spaghetti western is not without flaws. Itu0026#39;s more leisurely paced than other spaghetti westerns – it takes more than 30 minutes for Eastmanu0026#39;s character and u0026quot;Djangou0026quot; to meet, and Eastmanu0026#39;s training takes a considerable amount of time. Some viewers may squirm in their seats at some point. His quest for revenge is almost forgotten about along the way. The u0026quot;surpriseu0026quot; twist that happens late in the movie will probably be no surprise to most viewers.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOn the other hand, the production values (sets, photography, etc.) are decent, there is some good and atypical location work (green fields instead of desert), the bad guys are hateful enough, the musical score by Roberto Pregadio is first rate, and there is some interesting dialogue. No, this movie is not a classic of the genre, and certainly wonu0026#39;t convert newbies to the genre, but if you like spaghetti westerns like me, it is acceptable.”