Django kill! (if you live, shoot!)
Thomas Milian plays Django (or does he) the half bred mexican outlaw who is betrayed and massacred along with his gang. Dug out of a shallow grave he sets of with Golden bullets to get revenge.
One of the strangest entries into the Django series I've seen. In fact possibly on of the strangest spaghetti westerns full stop (and no, El Topo doesn't count as its not italian!) Django arrives at a town called the unhappy place and claims his vengeance early on in proceedings only to end up sticking around and getting mixed up with the double crossing townsfolk and the gay rancher (whose henchmen all dress in black) All the while guided by his indian friends who seem to act as his inner monologue Django bounces between the factions seeming to try and do whats right in a world gone mad with greed.
Massively stylized and Brutally violent its a film also chock full of symbolism, strange ironic humor (including one of the bad guys getting coated in gold) and disturbing dream sequences.
Blue undergrounds release looks great. I'd previously seen this on BBC2 YEARS back when Alex Cox got it on air. The print was dreadful so it felt like experiencing it for the first time with this release. It's region free as well!
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