A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe

If there’s any genre of movie that I particularly love, it’s spaghetti westerns that the opening scene represents so beautifully. If there’s something I don’t particularly like, it’s the Italians’ madcap sense of humor. And if there’s something that I absolutely hate, it’s the Italian madcap sense of humor that falls completely flat that reigns with omnipresent lameness almost throughout the movie. Things aren’t made any better even by the trio of heroes, one of whom is bland, one is anti-nice and the affected Lucy is the real cherry on the cake of viewer suffering. At least the marvelous camerawork, music and a few moments when things work as they should pulls this genius, his two doltish partners and that dupe out of the mud. (23/05/2008)