I found this spaghetti western a bit slow and a bit hard work at the same time. It's certainly serviceable enough by genre standards, but it doesn't really do much in the way that's new and everything you see is quite familiar. The best spaghetti westerns have suspense and tension throughout, along with fast-paced plots that give you little time to reflect on the familiarity of what you're watching. Not so here.
The one twist the film has is that the two main character roles are switched. The hero of the piece is a young and inexperienced guy while the old sheriff is washed up and past it. Usually we see the old guy teaching the young guy the ropes, but not here. The plot plays out quite as you'd expect through till the end, with some YOJIMBO-style rival gang action to fulfil the action quotient. The acting is quite average but Enzo Dell'Aquila stages the climatic action with aplomb.
The one twist the film has is that the two main character roles are switched. The hero of the piece is a young and inexperienced guy while the old sheriff is washed up and past it. Usually we see the old guy teaching the young guy the ropes, but not here. The plot plays out quite as you'd expect through till the end, with some YOJIMBO-style rival gang action to fulfil the action quotient. The acting is quite average but Enzo Dell'Aquila stages the climatic action with aplomb.