This is straight up the plot from an old spaghetti western, complete with hangings, gold, a woman on the farm, and everything in between. Even the music, the font and color of the credits is an homage to the western movies of yesteryear telling the tale of one man versus many.

Now, change the setting from the Old West to the final days of WWII and you find yourself asking why is this not been done before? Add in some gratuitous violence and you'll be surprised how perfectly well the two ideas pair together and you won't be disappointed.

Comparisons to Tarantino are accurate but there's nothing wrong with that!

BLOOD & GOLD is a blackily comic action adventure about Nazis invading a small German village in a hunt for Jewish gold. It's unusual to see the Germans handling a subject matter they used to avoid like the plague, and I wasn't sure of the outcome, but rest assured this has the same kind of very European humour as many recent Scandi flicks. The Nazis are presented as dastardly comic book villains and much fun comes from seeing the various ways in which they're destroyed by our heroes. The film occasionally subverts tropes and keeps viewers on their toes, and the Down's Syndrome character is a great addition to the cast. A shame physical deformity is presented as monstrous (as per usual), but aside from that this is a pleasant surprise.

From time to time some directors try hard to copy Tarantino. Some of them made an Ok job but others like this one, don't.

First, the movie is a Z version of Inglorious Basterds. It starts quite strong but it sinks by itself. Except two original scenes, everything is predictable here.

Second, production and music are a weak copy of Tarantino's style. It doesn't work here, because the lack of originality. A wasted opportunity because the movie had potential.

Last, acting is acceptable from most of the cast but some of the extras doesn't know how to act. The movie itself looked sometimes, quite amateurish.

So, overall another Z Tarantino style movie with no more substance that the usual ones.