Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

ScoobyMint Disappointment for a huge fan!

Cleveronix A different way of telling a story

Iseerphia All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.

pabrcf11 Under-rated!!! OK, if you don't like spaghetti/schnitzel westerns, but if one has ever even mildly entertained you then you'll love this.Great acting, wonderful casting, incredible humor- and the best part is that it isn't trying to be funny, it just can't help it! Never silly, with so many sequences that are just...fun! I have been thinking since watching films like "One Man's Hero" that 1910 along the Texas-Mexico border is the best time and place for the genre and this one really proves the rule.More gritty than "Fistful of Dollars", better cast than "Once Upon a Time in the West" and it leaves you feeling better than "Shane". Yeah, it's that good, imho. Dig one of the original posters for it: http://www.allouttabubblegum.com/main/wp- content/uploads/2011/06/companeros_poster_01.jpg

JasparLamarCrabb One of the great spaghetti westerns. Franco Nero & Tomas Milian team up to rescue pacifist revolutionary Fernando Rey from US custody and run afoul of crazed Jack Palance as well as loony general José Bódalo. Sergio Corbucci's explosive film features a lot of suspense, a lot of humor and a lot of violence. Nero & Milian have a lot of chemistry; friends and enemies at the same time. Palance is decidedly creepy as a pot smoking, one-handed creep with a very sadistic streak (note his attempt to kill Milian using a very hungry rat). This is a remarkable film with one of Ennio Morricone's oddest scores, a combination of reggae and Gregorian chants that is both bouncy and highly charged. In Corbucci's THE MERCENARY, Nero played "the Polish," here he plays "the Swede." Nero & Rey appeared in Buñuel's TRISTANA around the same time (no two films could be more different)!

MartinHafer In 1968, Sergio Carbucci directed "The Mercenary" (also called "A Hired Gun"). It starred Franco Nero and one of the baddies was played by Jack Palance. And, the story was about an amoral European who comes to Mexico during the civil war to make his fortune--regardless of who he helps. Now, Carbucci does something radically different! Instead, it stars Franco Nero as an amoral European trying to sell arms to folks during the Mexican civil war--and one of the baddies trying to stop him is, gasp, Jack Palance!! Huh?! In other words, Crabucci pretty much made the same film all over again--with a few minor cast changes (such as Tomas Milian cast instead of Tony Musante) and the addition of the Professor character (Fernando Rey). And, like the other film, the plot has a bit of comedy, there's TONS of killing and the film has a decidedly populist bent. Because the film is essentially a re-tread and the music is a bit too repetitive and annoying, I really can't recommend this film unless you are such a huge fan of Italian westerns that you must catch 'em all (sort of like Pokemon, huh?). As for me, I wish I hadn't bothered. I probably should have just watched "The Mercenary" twice...as it was a bit better and more original.

superguapo2000 Sergio Corbucci's Vamos a Matar, Compañeros is a Spaghetti Western about a Swedish weapons dealer and a shady mercenary who must smuggle an idealistic professor into Mexico in the midst of a revolution. The movie tries for the epic status of Sergio Leone's The Good, The Bad and The Ugly but falls short by a mile. Where Leone managed to create a poignant, albeit hyper-stylized image of the Old West, Corbucci comes close only in style and fails everywhere else.Compañeros has some of the makings of a classic: a promising (though unoriginal) premise, a fantastic bad guy played by Jack Palance, a stunning supporting actress, and an excellent score by Enio Morricone. The scenery and costume design are also outstanding. But the story is underdeveloped, disjointed and at times ridiculous. Too many flaws get in the way of what could have been a great movie: the overdone moments of unfunny comic relief, the uninspired performances, and the confused political message make for an ultimately superficial caricature of the epic Western.Given its potential, it's a shame that this movie turned out how it did. There's a reason this movie was forgotten, while Leone's films are still talked about.