BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Hattie I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

weezeralfalfa We have a reluctant buddy relationship between a Japanese Samaria: Kuroda, and an American desperado: Link(Charles Bronson),which is the focus of most of the screen play. We have another reluctant buddy relationship between Link and his sometimes outlaw partner and sometimes enemy :Gauche. The latter 2 are partners in a train holdup, involving other gang members. But during the last part of the robbery, Link is left for dead after dynamite is thrown into the car where he is. However, a group of Japanese, including the new Japanese ambassador to the US, revive him, and he miraculously escapes with little permanent damage. The ambassador demands that Link and Kuroda team up and catch Gauche, retrieving the gold ceremonial sword that was meant as a gift to President Grant, and killing Gauche, who killed the other Japanese guard.. Initially, Link refuses, especially because they are out in the middle of nowhere, without horses. But, eventually the ambassador imposes his will on Link. The 2 set out on foot across rocky desert, with somewhat different agendas against Gauche. Kuroda wants to kill Gauche immediately, whereas Link wants to take time to try to get Gauche to tell where he hid most of the considerable loot from the train, before killing him. The 2 periodically argue about this difference, threating to leave the other or fight. Toward the end of the film, Link and Gauche temporarily team up again to fight against a Comanche war party....Sometimes mixed in with these doings, is Ursula Audress, as Christine. She is Gauche's woman, and a participant of a bawdy house. She is kidnapped by Link and Kuroda, who hope she will aid in the capture and perhaps interrogation of Gauche. She tries to escape a time or two, getting mixed up with raiding Comanche, whom she mistook at a distance as Gauche's gang....Lots of dead bodies pile up during the course of the film, especially those of the US troops guarding the train, the outlaw gang, and the Comanche. Sometimes Gauche or Link rapid fire their pistol, like a machinegun, implausibly mowing down a half dozen. The screenplay has some other plausibility issues, as well.... Toshino Mifuni does an excellent job in his critical role as Kuroda. At one point, he has a contest with Link over stick vs. sword as a close-range weapon. Also, Link challenges him to a wrestling match, believing he will win. Kuroda even apparently kills a bothersome mosquito with a swipe of his sword.....The screenplay keeps your attention throughout, so I can recommend this film for those who are not put off by a high body count. See it on YouTube.

AttyTude0 I like this film. It's a 1971 spaghetti western, so be prepared to make some allowances. Still, it's worth watching, if only for the incomparable Toshiro Mifune. Gentlemen will be pleased to see Ursula Andress, Capucine, Monica Randall. And who but Delon could look gorgeous even with a gold tooth?Nobody should expect "serious" entertainment from this film, so lighten up and enjoy a bit of light romp.And to whomever said this is "ripe for remake," I say bite your tongue! I can only imagine the revolting, mushy mess today's politically-correct Hollywood would turn it into. Who would replace Bronson? The ineffectual Brad Pitt (ugh!)? And Delon? No, some things are best just not attempted.

Jeff (actionrating.com) One thing's for sure, this is the only movie where you get to see a Samurai fight a Comanche. Charles Bronson plays an outlaw who robs a train. Among the passengers on the train is the ambassador of Japan and his samurai bodyguard, played by The Seven Samurai's Toshiro Mifune. When Bronson is double-crossed by one of the men in his gang, he teams up with the samurai to chase down the villain and get his revenge. If you think this sounds like a Jackie Chan/Owen Wilson movie, you're right on. Shanghai Noon was definitely a parody of this film. This is a very enjoyable, action-packed, unique western, but it definitely has some R-rated content. At the end of the day, it's hard to find a better Charles Bronson western. 4 out of 5 action rating

Bolesroor This one hurts. "Red Sun" could have been great, an all-time classic. Good story, great cast… but the execution is sloppy and tired. It's clear from the start of the film what's supposed to happen: Cowboy and Samurai are supposed to form an alliance out of necessity, which deepens into a tentative friendship, and finally becomes a profound respect for one another's culture. Unfortunately this formula is played out without much energy or conviction. Bronson and Mifune seem to go through the motions here, and Bronson spends far too much time trying to ditch his partner, which becomes frustrating and tiresome when we as an audience know the movie's over if he succeeds. Ursula Andress- the goddess- steals the show here as a black-hearted hooker who will do anything- and anyone- to get what she wants.There are also some rather large plot holes… why in God's name wouldn't Gauche be sure that Bronson was dead before riding away with all of his money? Any particular reason Gauche needed the sword after stealing thousands in gold from the train AND the Japanese Ambassador's money? Why would Gauche let Kuroda live? And volunteer his name? Just to set up the story, I suppose. The laziness of the script is also evident in the dialogue between the two leads: neither of them has anything clever, profound or funny to say. They both just grumble their way through most of the film.The movie is directed fairly lifelessly by Terence Young, who at this point in his career seemed to be lacking in passion to say the least. "Red Sun" was made only a year before his numbing, comatose "The Valachi Papers," a film so limp they should have revoked his union card. This is not a terrible movie, and definitely worth a look for any Bronson die-hards or fans of Ursula's heavenly body... everyone else should keep walking. GRADE: C-NOTE: "Red Sun" is completely ripe for a re-make.