All rights reserved. The editing is also a bit choppy, which creates confusion of the overall plot. From there, the film becomes the story of The film also explores the relationship between Mexican bandits and peasant communities at the time of the revolution, idealized by figures like The film was moderately successful in Italy, where it grossed 1,829,420,000 The film was originally released in the United States in 1972 as Subsequent re-releases have largely used the title The film's first English language DVD was released by MGM in the UK in 2003. The most wry of the political spaghettis, and wholly wonderful.

John sneaks into camp, where he witnesses executions of many of his fellow revolutionaries by firing squad.

Still, it's Leone's directorial execution of the script that really helps in bringing the film to life, for although he also pulls the film down a bit, in that his touches are, as I said, often slowing ones, Leone delivers more than he doesn't when it comes to setting a genuine sense of adventure within the story and ever-building comradery between our characters, giving the film an ultimately triumphing amount of entertainment value, or at least until the deeper and darkers parts of this tale fall into place, at which point, Leone subtley sets grit, tension and some emotion to spice up some cool action and deliver on a sense of horror during wartime, as well as whatever emotions and struggles must be falling upon our lead characters, whom also have the performers behind them to thank for giving them compellingness. Sergio Leoni was famous for creating a wildly fantastic view of the American West. It lacks the sustained tension and precise pacing that are hallmarks of his great films. The idiosyncrasies are there, all right, but they have never seemed less interesting. Cinemark After the battle, John and Juan find most of their comrades, including Juan's father and children, have been killed by the army in a cave which served as the rebels hideout. The new print is good, and the 20 restored minutes are choice.

| Sergio Leoni was famous for creating a wildly fantastic view of the American West.


Horrified by his friend's sudden death, Juan stares at John's burning remains, before The inspiration for the firing squad scene came from Leone was initially dissatisfied with Steiger's performance in that he played his character as a serious, I chose to oppose an intellectual, who has experienced a revolution in Ireland, with a naïve Mexican... you have two men: one naïve and one intellectual (self-centred as intellectuals too often are in the face of the naïve).


Action & Adventure, Granted, this film isn't quite as glaringly jarring in its episodicity as "Good, Bad and Ugly", nor is it as organic to the point of feeling hurried like "Rhodes", but the film still follows a straight and often bumpy ride of over two-and-a-half hours, a runtime that it most certainly does not deserve, as this film, like other films by Leone that are considered epics, is hardly, if at all an actual epic, yet it still runs the time distance of one, and with all of the slow spots and storytelling trips falling along this overlong runtime, it should go without saying that the film loses steam in quite a couple of spots.

After Nolan identified John, John killed two John and Juan hide in the animal coach of a train. I have no idea where that came from, but hey this is still a pretty good movie, so I suppose I don't mind it all that much, yet if these last three films by Leone are really a part of an official anthological trilogy, like some people say it is for some reason, simply based on title association, then I hereby name the saga to which this film, the preceding "Once Upon a Time in the West" and the subsequent "Once Upon a Time in America" belong, the "Lazy Title Trilogy". Much of the Mexican army's detachment is destroyed while crossing a bridge, which is blown up by John. September 5, 2011

The combination of Leone's obsessive close-ups, Ennio Morricone's melodious music, and the comradely chemistry of Coburn and Steiger ignite an emotional explosion comparable to that of Once Upon a Time in the West.