WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Rijndri Load of rubbish!!

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

unbrokenmetal Dutchman (Peter Graves) recruits 4 men for a train robbery: a) Luis (Nino Castelnuovo) who knows the details about the train, b) the strong Mesito (Bud Spencer), c) the gambler and explosives expert Augustus (James Daly), d) the knife throwing Samurai (Tetsuro Tanba). Half a million dollars are to be stolen to support the Mexican revolution. But they are heavily guarded, and takes a cunning plan to get on the train and take that gold. Of course, some unforeseen circumstances make it even more difficult...This is a great, straight western story: find the right men, develop the plan, go for it! Everything feels right, you get the action, the suspense, a little bit of comic relief, I don't see what's not to like. I watched the uncut 105 minutes version, various shorter versions were distributed in other countries, for example the 5 minutes from the beginning which introduce the character of Luis were dropped in the German version.

lost-in-limbo You want familiar, familiar spaghetti western… look no further than "The Five Man Army". Its real lack of originality is made up by its sense of adventure and entertainment as five comrades come together to hatch up a plan to steal a railway shipment of gold from a merciless general. There's nothing mean-spirited, or violent as even when the twist makes its way in. It's rather goodwill in approach and the script does offer up the clues to where all this scheming its heading to. Some interesting names do show-up on this project. Director Don Taylor, co-writer Dario Argento, actors Peter Graves (charismatically getting by with his suave style) and Bud Spencer (being his brute self)… then there's Ennio Morricone who provides once again a characteristically fruitful signature western score that went hand-to-hand with on-screen action and nice scenic scope. You could say there's nothing particularly rousing or even memorable about this (outside the music score), however the pace is streamlined, the genre staples are well orchestrated, dialogue never distracts, characters while safe are agreeable and there's an intense moment or so in a typical, but well done spaghetti western.

riobravo11 I saw this movie for the first time when I was five and from that day I am a fan of men on a mission movies.This is predictable but also a great spaghetti western.It is a combination of men on a mission movies like Dirty dozen (1967) or Magnificent seven (1960) and spaghetti westerns like Good bad and ugly (1966).The best in movie is a Ennio Morricone score.The story, with screenplay of Dario Argento, is full of action and betrayals developed in a fast pace and with a great camera work. The result is a funny and entertaining movie, with situations resolved in the most impossible way.The movie should be rated along with its contemporary Clint Eastwood movies of Good Bad and the Ugly and a For a Few Dollars More!

agannerkote This movie is definitely one of the all time greatest classics. There isn't a single minute of boredom in the whole movie.Even though there is close to a 30 minutes period in the movie where the only sound is the sound of the train,this shot is very well taken and very gripping.The star cast and the screenplay are amazing!!With every actor carefully chosen for his role!!The whole thing is quite natural! The music from the Great Italian further adorns the movie! The scenes of the exodus of the people, the gathering of the people when the heroes come back with the loot to the village are some of the scenes with excellent music which keeps you humming it for some time after the movie. A western movie without much of the fanfare of bullets but with a plot and superb music, a cute non mushy love story in the middle and star cast can only find its place in the All time Bests!! The movie should be rated along with its contemporary Clint Eastwood movies of Good Bad and the Ugly and a For a Few Dollars More!