Monday, 28 July 2014

The Mercenary, the Bad and the Zapata

The Mercenary (1968)

Directed by Sergio Corbucci this film stars Franco Nero, Tony Mustane, Giovanna Ralli and Jack Palance. A former Polish officer is hired by Mexican miners to help them fight in the Mexican Civil War.

The plot of this film is fairly meandering but full of action set pieces to keep the viewer entertained. Unfortunately the film has little say about either the characters or the Mexican Civil War so has no real depth to it. There is more than a touch of Sergio Leone in at least one sequence but the film never reaches the heights of the master of the genre.


3/5

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