$10,000 for a Massacre

1967
6.1| 1h40m| en
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After being hired to free a landowner's kidnapped daughter, a bounty hunter double-crosses his employer and joins the kidnapper's gang.

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Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
TankGuy Fearless bounty hunter Django accepts an offer from a wealthy landowner to kill a ruthless bandit named Manuel Vasquez, who is responsible for kidnapping the latter's daughter. After Django catches up with Manuel, a respect develops between the two men and Django agrees to aid the bandit in the robbery of a gold shipment. However, after Manuel betrays Django and murders his girlfriend during the robbery, the guilt ridden bounty hunter swears retribution...As you can tell from the synopsis, this is another unofficial Django spin-off churned out in the wake of Corbucci's masterpiece. This time it is Romolo Guerrieri who tries his hand at the revenge filled saga. An overall satisfying but lesser spaghetti western with one hell of a title(translating in English as "10,000 Dollars For A Massacre"). Gianni Garko(billed here as Gary Hudson)is rather compelling in his portray of Django, just over a year before he would fill the boots of the enigmatic Sartana. Claudio Camaso made for a competent adversary in Manuel Vasquez but it was Fernando Sancho doing his thing as the bandit leader who really made the movie watchable. His fiery overacting and stratospheric charisma always makes me laugh. Nora Orlandi's moody score is probably the best non-Morricone composition I've ever heard and adds a pinch of Gothic to the already dramatic imagery. The action sequences lacked the necessary suspense that one expects from a spaghetti western. They were sparse and abrupt in execution but still entertaining at the very least. However, the climatic showdown in the windy streets of a ghost town at twilight saved the film from a dour fate. It was in this scene that I could finally experience the blistering force of Django's angst. I concede that this sequence was a little drawn out but it was definitely among the most memorable spaghetti western face-offs complete with the textbook OTT deaths. The dim lighting is what makes this sequence beautiful and the rest of the movie is full of interesting camera techniques. The aforementioned showdown builds to a fine ending as the soundtrack's chilling vocals roar in the background. The script was okay. The romantic subplot involving Django and his girlfriend didn't really make me feel any stronger about the characters, instead it became mushy. Flashbacks would have been a better approach.An atmospheric but tepid affair, Guerrieri's pastafest will never make my top 20. However, it is gorgeously melodramatic and dreamlike, which both work in the film's favour. 6/10.
Wizard-8 I like spaghetti westerns - I'll watch any that cross my path and I'll almost certainly enjoy it. Though I have to admit that "10,000 For A Massacre" is one of the strangest spaghetti westerns I've seen in quite a while. There are some real surreal touches here and there, from the music to an often dreamy feeling generated by the director. The story is also unusual; while it more or less starts off with a standard spaghetti western premise, it eventually goes off in some unexpected directions. Nothing immediately wrong with that, but the story eventually gets to be a little boring , and you'll wonder why the hero doesn't just get down to business. The hero himself isn't totally likable, by the way, though he looks good compared to the villain played by Claudio Camaso (who is good.) While I wouldn't call this a GREAT spaghetti western, it may be of interest to spaghetti western fans who want to see something that somewhat different. I have to admit that despite those aforementioned flaws, it did in the end keep me interested right to the end.
FightingWesterner Unprincipled bounty hunter Gianni Garko keeps tabs on an outlaw, hoping to cash in when his bounty finally reaches ten-thousand dollars. Unfortunately, he tips his hand and is almost killed, leading to an odd alliance between the two men and the inevitable massacre.Another pseudo-Django sequel, 10,000 Dollars For A Massacre is derivative, but fairly entertaining, as long as you don't stop and think about it too long.Character's motivations and decision making are often times quite strange. For instance, why does the bandit put so much trust in Garko and get angry at the attempt made on his life, especially after the bounty hunter tells him, in no uncertain terms, of his intention to cash in on the outlaw's bounty?Still, it's fast-paced and violent enough, with a good finale. The villain looks a lot like Gian Maria Volante in A Fistful Of Dollars and For A Few Dollars More and along with Garko, wears a lot of eyeliner too.
unbrokenmetal Django is hunting the bandit Manuel, because there's a price on his head. But when he meets Manuel, he joins his gang instead for a robbery. Yes, this the world of spaghetti westerns where the lines between Good, Bad and Ugly are thin, indeed. Manuel kills Django's girlfriend (Loredana Nusciak, known from the original "Django"), which sets Django's mind back on his original idea of bounty hunting... This movie is quite obviously inspired by "Django", although it's not an official sequel. Shot just one year later, it casts Loredana Nusciak in a similar part, and Gianni Garko looks more like Franco Nero than like himself in other movies. If you remember Garko as the screaming lunatic in "Mille dollari sul nero", or as the gambler and gunman with all the funny lines in "Buon funerale amigos", he proves to be versatile as an actor here. If you are into Italian westerns, you won't be disappointed by this movie. Only silly thing: Claudio Camaso (as Manuel) put on so much mascara like he was going to play the baddie in a silent movie.