"Die blutigen Geier von Alaska" (and this film has a handful other German and English titles) is another West German / Yugoslavian co-production directed by Harald Reinl and according to IMDb the language is German, but I am sure several actors in here got dubbed, especially lead actor Doug McClure. This movie is from 1973, so already fairly late compared to the Winnetou films by Reinl and the wave of Germans loving these European westerns may have considerably decreased by then already. Anyway, this one is easily over 40 years old and I believe it has not aged well at all sadly. On a more positive note I must say that Doug McClure certainly looks the part for a western film character and his acting is also better than the acting of most of the supporting players. This film has a handful fairly famous actors in the list such as Harald Leipnitz, Klaus Löwitsch and last but not least Roberto Blanco. His inclusion feels really random though. I guess with his character and portrayal they wanted to give this film a bit of a tone like the really appreciated Bud Spencer (rip) films from the same time. Very bizarre though. He adds nothing to the film at all and it would not have been a better or worse movie without him. All in all, they tried their everything to deliver in terms of drama and emotion, but most of the characters and the plot too were just so poorly written that it is not working out. I would not call the film a failure, but these slightly over 90 minutes also weren't a good watch. A big part of the cast is also Yugoslavian and these names don't ring a bell for me at all, so I cannot say anything about these actors. Overall, you have to be a huge western film buff in order to see positive in here. I do not recommend the watch. Thumbs down.
