Django Shoots First

1966 [ITALIAN]

Action / Romance / Western

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 43%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 43%
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 676 676

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Plot summary

Django's father is framed by his business partner Clusker and shot by a bounty Killer. Django inherits his fathers part of the business and a score to settle with Clusker.

Top cast

Fernando Sancho as Gordon
John Hart as (English version)
John Bartha as Thomas Garvin
Fortunato Arena as Cluster Gunman
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881.15 MB
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Italian 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
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Italian 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ma-cortes 7 / 10

Entertaining and amusing Spaghetti Western with special appearance by secondary idol Fernando Sancho

At the beginning of the film, "Django" (Glenn Saxson) meets up with a bounty hunter called Ringo (Jose Luis Martin) who happens to be taking the body of Django's dead father to town for a $5000 bounty . Django murders Ringo and then decides to bury the bounty hunter instead of his father , as he then takes his dad's body into town for the money. Django inherits his fathers part of the business and a score to settle with Cluster (Gazzolo). A local character named Gordon (Fernando Sancho) tells Django that he actually owns half the town since his daddy was colleague with Cluster . A bar room brawl ensues with Django getting help from a mysterious doctor (Albert Lupo) who is staying in town . Django , the Doctor and Gordon join forces and reckoning to banker Cluster and his wife (Evelyn Stewart or Ida Galli as Femme Fatal) .This above-average Ravioli Western packs thrills , action , brawls in Terence Hill-Spencer style , crossfire and drags at times , balancing in ups and downs ; resulting to be pretty entertaining . The movie has the typical Spaghetti characters , as the violent facing , greedy antiheroes, bloody and spectacular showdowns, quick zooms , extreme baddies and being well directed . This fun story also has touches of humor as when the starring speaks with his deceased daddy and at the ending when appears a gunfighter played by George Eastman reclaiming his inherited rights . The picture is a tale of justice and revenge , as a gunfighter looks for a man in a little town and seeks vendetta against the father's killer . The basic plot is typical spaghetti western fare , but what makes this movie stand out is its style . The starring called Django , though some countries was called Trinity or Glenn Garvin , is stunningly played by the Dutch Glenn Saxson . Glenn is very fine , he ravages the screen , he jumps , bounds and leaps , hit and run . Glenn as a brave and two-fisted gunslinger is terrific , subsequently the would play similar roles in other Spaghettis ; as also starred "Il Magnifico Texano" and ¨Vete con Dios , Gringo¨ . Music original by Bruno Nicolai composes a nice Spaghetti soundtrack and well conducted and splendid leitmotif ; it's full of enjoyable sounds and emotive score , including attractive songs at the beginning and the end . There are many fine technicians and nice assistant direction , excellent production design , and atmospheric cinematography by Riccardo Pallottini , he creates a colorful scenario on the interior ranch and barren outdoors , dirty landscapes under a glimmer sun , and being shot in Elios studios (Rome) and Spain : Manzanares Del Real , La Pedriza and of course , Almeria .The flick was professionally directed by Alberto De Martino or Herbert Martin . This Italian writer / filmmaker so consistently mixed the good with the mediocre that it became quite impossible to know what to expect from him next . He wrote/directed several Western , action and intriguing films . He is an expert director/writer of Giallo , Western , wartime , horror and all kind of genres . As he directed horror : ¨The tempter¨ . ¨Blood link¨, ¨Miami Golem¨ , ¨Holocaust 2000¨ ; Warlike : "Dirty Heroes" , Peplum : ¨Invincible gladiator , La Rivolta Dei Sette , Il Triunfo di Ercole , ¨Los Invencibles¨ and Spaghetti : ¨Sangre Sobre Texas¨, ¨Sheriff terrible¨ "Here We Go Again, Eh Providence?" . Rating : 7. Good Western that will appeal to Spaghetti fans because being filled with action , thrills , intrigue and shootouts .This funny film belongs to ¨Django¨series , after successful original ¨Django¨ by Sergio Corbucci with Franco Nero , it was followed by several imitations , rip offs and cheesy copies , such as : ¨Pochi dollar per Django¨ or ¨Alambradas De Violencia¨ (1966) by Leon Klimowsky starred by Anthony Steffen , Gloria Osuna , Frank Wolff ; ¨El Mio Nome e Django¨ (1969) by Ferdinando Baldi with Terence Hill , Horst Frank , George Eastman ; ¨Django Le Bastard¨(1969) by Sergio Garrone with Anthony Steffen , Paolo Gozlino ; ¨¨Django defies Sartana¨(1969) by Pasquale Squitieri with George Ardisson and Tony Kendall ; ¨Ein Pressen Fur Django¨ or ¨Barro en Ojos¨(1971) by Edoardo Mulargia with Anthony Steffen ; and the official sequel titled ¨Il Grande Ritorno¨(1987) by Nello Rossati with Franco Nero , Christopher Connolly and Donald Pleasence .
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Reviewed by ironhorse_iv 6 / 10

This movie has nothing to do with the original Django, yet the movie is surprising pretty good.

Ever since Sergio Corbucci's seminal Spaghetti Western Django became a big hit in 1966 in both Europe and the United States. They have been a number of producers and distributors who sought to cash-in on the ensuing Django craze by making quasi sequels. Some of them, have nothing to do with grimy Franco Nero's avenging gunfighter who drags coffins around, and a good example of one is this movie. Django Shoots First also known as No Mercy for Django, He Who Shoots First, Django- Only the Colt was his friend, I am Trinidad, and Do not Django Shoot; has nothing to do with the Sergio Corbucci's character, other than his name happens to be Django. The movie also tries to rip-off characters such as Clint Eastwood's Man with No Name 1964's Fistful of Dollars, Lawrence Dobkin's 1966's Johnny Yuma and Gianni Garko's Sartana. In this version directed by Alberto De Martino, Glenn Garvin AKA Django (Glenn Saxson AKA Roel Bos) is hunting down the bounty-killer, Ringo (José M. Martín) for killing his father. When he finds out that Ringo has already killed his father. Django kills Ringo, and heads into the town of Silver Creek to collect the bounty. It's odd that the person that plays Ringo seem more like Django, than Glenn Saxon's character. This main character in this film seem less like Django and more like Giuliano Gemma as Ringo in 1965's Ringo. Anyways, when he gets to Silver Creek, it's there that he learns that his father actually owned most of the town along with a banker named Ken Kluster (Nando Gazzolo). Kluster tries to turn Django away, but the man is determined to stay and claim his portion of the town after discovering that his father's death was set-up. Django gets help from a mysterious stranger named Doc (Alberto Lupo), as well as some townsfolk like Gordon (Fernando Sancho) to fight Kluster, setting a war between the two camps. Only one team can survive. Who will it be? Watch it to find out! Although the synopsis seem simple, Django Shoots First is a very well scripted film with good characters with clever twists. The movie plot mirrors that of Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers, but the Spaghetti Westerns add something new to it. Central characters like Django are defined not by their black and white moral code but, instead, by their moral flexibility, unpredictability, and cynicism. Simply, they were the defining anti-heroes of a genre that previously had been defined by clear cut perceptions of morality, justice, and manifest destiny. After all, Django is going after money, he really didn't earned. Could, the movie be helped if Ken Kluster was made to be more evil and Django more the hero? Yes, but it wasn't needed. Ken Kluster pretty much mirrors Django in every way. Both are willing to trick the public to get their way. Some people might hate it, but I didn't find it, unlikeable. Maybe, it gave the movie more depth. At less, it gave a pretty funny clever ironic punchline ending. Even the gun-fight action seem more realistic than a lot of Spaghetti Westerns. You have shootouts that amplified the tension by relentlessly cutting between wide shot, medium shot, close-up, and extreme close-up of characters, and a camera that sits unbearably close to character's reaction shots. Still, there were some hammy fist-fights that seem too cartoony even for my taste; mostly toward the end, where the movie morph in a near comedy with the bar room fight. The movie pacing might have done a little too long. They should had stop, after reaching the cave. For a Spaghetti Western, it's not that violent, but it didn't felt gimmicky. Not a lot of one-shot kills in here. You see all the ingredients for a good Spaghetti westerns like the pronounced use of widescreen vistas and extreme close ups. The sets and costumes all look strong and good use is made of the Spanish locations that give this film a very traditional Western feel. Indeed it was made in a Sergio Leone's style of filmmaking. The acting is pretty good for the most part. I did kinda mistake Fernando Sancho for Bud Spencer. Both are very similar in the way, they act. I'm still convince that is Bud Spencer in this film, but I might be wrong. One of the best part was George Eastman's cameo. So look forward to that. One thing; that was a bit disappointing is the female leads. Both Erika Blanc as the American Girl, Lucy & Evelyn Stewart AKA Ida Galli as femme fatale, Jessica Kluster are beautiful and alright in acting, but there are missing a lot of depth in their characters. The music score by Bruno Nicolai is beautiful and pretty catchy. While "Bolero" sung by Dino is great, it still sounds like something out of a 1960s James Bond movie. It might be a little out of place. Still, it was good enough that 2004's video game, Red Dead Revolver to use it. The movie is kinda hard to find, but most copies are decent. The DVD version that I had, had alright picture quality with some light grain throughout and some occasional print damage. The English dubbing was alright and the sound was very good, throughout the film. Although forced subtitles are not ideal and not there. Dorado Films is actually pretty good choice. Overall: This is a must-own Spaghetti Western. Recommended to genre fans.

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