Flyerplesys Perfectly adorable

Dorathen Better Late Then Never

2freensel I saw this movie before reading any reviews, and I thought it was very funny. I was very surprised to see the overwhelmingly negative reviews this film received from critics.

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Leofwine_draca I saw this Yul Brynner-starring spaghetti western under the title ADIOS SABATA, even though it has nothing to do with the two Lee Van Cleef-starring SABATA films. It's not as good as the first Van Cleef film but better than the second. The coolest thing about this movie is seeing Yul Brynner in a wicked '70s set up complete with black costume, open shirt, and the like. Brynner's name is Indio Black in the original, Sabata in the version attempting to tie it in to the Van Cleef series.Once again the plot centres around a gold shipment and efforts by rival parties to get their hands on it. Brynner sort of moves in and out of the story and takes care of a bunch of soldiers and henchmen along the way. The Mexican revolutionaries are posited as the 'good' characters in this film; perhaps the Italians identified with them better given that this was shot in Spain. Care is taken to make the main bad guy an Austrian rather than American. The film is well shot and written, and proves an entertaining example of the spaghetti western genre.

adrianswingler I don't understand that ratings on this one. The titles rave...and they give it 5 or 6 out of 10. Did someone convert the scale? This is definitely in the top 15% of the genre.What an enjoyable "Zapatista" Spaghetti Western! Yeah, I know it's not Zapata's era, but that's the style of the movie. So many great little inventive bits that are so Spaghetti Western. New to it all or an addict, I think this one would satisfy anyone that isn't an avowed hater of the genre.I suppose a lot of the negative reviews come from people that believe the title and posters. Yeah, it's not really of the Sabata filone. But just forget the hype and watch it for what it is and I think you'll certainly enjoy it.

lost-in-limbo Writer / director Gianfranco Parolini's crisp follow up two years later was simply just another crack, but Lee Van Cleef wouldn't return. Instead we get Yul Brynner decked in black as our man the bounty hunter Sabata, who's quick with a gun. As much as I liked Van Cleef in the title role, a curt Brynner stuck with me more. As it's hard to take your eyes off the man. While the cold edge was there, the humane side still showed without really letting you in. This made his shady character a lot more mysterious. Although Van Cleef would return to the Sabata role in Parolini's next sequel "Return of Sabata".Hired gunslinger Sabata takes on a job to steal a wagon of gold from the Austrian army to help the fighting Mexican revolutionaries, but the job doesn't entirely go to plan. The narrative had some recurring themes that feel like they have been lifted right out of the original source. Despite the familiar staples, the pessimistic plot is never too straight-forward with its scheming, humour and there's a new gimmick or two (anyone up for stone marbles). The surprises are foreseeable, but its operatic style consists of flair and danger in a much more expansive manner. The shoot-outs (involving Mexicans and gun-runners) are mechanically staged, but there are some jarringly artistic shots, local flavour from the locations and sharp camera-work along with the bombastic music score. The way the camera presented some scenes, if would have you believing that maybe this was shot in 3D. That would have been interesting if so. The performances are spot on and fruitful in characterisations, as Parolini reuses some the actors from the original in different roles. Dean Reed works off Brynner quite well, which reminded me of the pairing of Van Cleef and Berger in Sabata. Too bad I found the latter to be better implemented though. Ignazio Spalla gives an animated turn as one of the Mexican revolutionaries and Gerard Herter is imposing as the gleefully sadistic Austrian Colonel Skimmel.Conventional, but capable Italian western."I play solo".

Arlis Fuson This time Sabata helps some Mexican revolutionaries steal gold for their people and take down some corrupt officials in the process. He is helped by a con man named Valentine, even though Valentine isn't exactly trying to help anyone but himself.First of all this wasn't meant to be a sequel to Sabata - it is called Indio Black: you know what you are a son of a ... It had different characters and was actually a lot different, but they ultimately changed a few things and made it a sequel or at least promoted it as one. Cleef had took on a role in The Magnificent Seven sequel made famous by Bryner and Bryner took on this role made famous by Cleef.There is a lot of changes here. About the only thing the same is the black clothes, but Bryners suit is way different and his style is different. He does carry the little pistol with bullets in the butt, but he also carries a Winchestor with a nice magazine always with a bullet short for his cigar.Frank Kramer is back doing his beautiful direction and also with his co-writing partner Renato Izzo. The composer is different and I like it better even though it doesn't sound completely original, it's almost cliché, but I liked it.Acting wise of course Bryner replaces Cleef, but all the rest of the characters are someone different if they made it back at all. Pedro Sanchez is a different guy as is Gianni Rizzo and a few others. Alley cat was replaced by a similar character in here, only now a dancing Mexican fills the shoes.This movie was less original, had slower parts and just not nearly as fun or exciting as the first - I give it 5/10 stars.