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Original Title: Joheunnom nabbeunnom isanghannom Year: 2008 Director: Kim Ji-woon Writer: Kim Ji-woon , Kim Min-suk IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0901487/ Genre: Western synopsis: The story of three Korean outlaws in 1940s Manchuria and their rivalry to possess a treasure map while being pursued by the Japanese army and Chinese bandits. If the title of the film alone wasn't enough to clue you in, this is a high budget Korean retelling of sorts of The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly. Three less than desirable fellows all pursuing a common "treasure" and dealing with one another along the way. Replace the American military and the Civil War backdrop with Chinese military circa 1930 or 40, and there you have it. I guess it's "inspired by" the Leone epic. This is actually the first film I ever watched with Song Kang-ho. He is Yoon Tae-goo or The Weird. In addition to his awesomely frizzy hair, he does a great job acting-wise living up to his name as the offbeat ...

Original Title : Las viboras cambian de piel Year : 1974 Director : René Cardona Jr. Writer : Fernando Galiana IMDB : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364734/ Genre : Western synopsis: Two bearded drifters are both searching for the same man, a man they each want dead for their own reasons. While tracking him, they come across El Pistolero, who agrees to kill the man for them. Eventually, they find that their target is now sheriff of Santa Fe and is holed up in a fortress-like hacienda surrounded by hired guns. Now all they have to do is get to him. I've not seen a ton of westerns, but Cardona's Guns & Guts felt weird to me. I have never seen a Western with exposed tits, men pissing, kicks in the balls, and loads of fist fights all before a gun is fired. This ultimately is telling of how this movie rolls. At times the film feels like it's trying to be a comedy. At other times a drama. Something was missing for me that had it feeling like a true western. Outside of the main...

Original Title: Keoma Year : 1976 Director : Enzo G. Castellari Writer : Enzo G. Castellari (screenplay), Nico Ducci (screenplay), George Eastman (screenplay, story), Mino Roli (screenplay), Joshua Sinclair (dialogue (uncredited)) IMDB : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085124/ Genre : Western imdb synopsis: Half-breed Keoma returns to his border hometown after service in the Civil War and finds it under the control of Caldwell, an ex-Confederate raider, and his vicious gang of thugs. To make matters worse, Keoma's three half-brothers have joined forces with Caldwell, and make it painfully clear that his return is an unwelcome one. Determined to break Caldwell and his brothers' grip on the town, Keoma partners with his father's former ranch hand to exact violent revenge. I've been reading varying opinions on Keoma today after viewing it myself. After recently hearing an interview with Enzo Castellari thanks to the fine folks of Pop Syndicate , Outside the Cinema , an...

Original Title: Vado… l'ammazzo e torno Year: 1967 Director: Enzo G. Castellari Writer: Tito Carpi (screenplay), Giovanni Simonelli (screenplay), Enzo G. Castellari (screenplay) IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062429/ Genre: Western imdb synopsis: A gang of bandits rob a train of it's one million dollar gold shipment. Once the gang's leader makes off with the pot he's pursued by a bounty hunter, a banker, and a lone bandit. Once word gets around about the missing shipment of gold mayhem ensues. We're jumping in our Delorean and travelling from the 80s all the way back to the 60s for a much earlier Castellari film here. On the success of The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, many Italian directors started releasing copy-cat westerns to get in on a little of that bank. Also called Any Gun Can Play here in the US, Go Kill and Come Back was Castellari's first credited Spaghetti Western. Very simply, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - grit - cinematography + comedy ...