Really entertaining, and one of the best spaghetti westerns not directed by Sergio Leone. Like "A Fistful of Dollars" with a hugely amped up level of violence.
The english dub on this film is particularly bad. The poorly delivered dialogue actually alters the characterization of some of the characters, especially Django. I'd definitely recommend going out of your way to find the original Italian. This is really good film though. Thoroughly entertaining throughout. Franco Nero gives a really solid performance. The violence works on an entertainment level as well as a narrative and tonal level.
Shame that the version I had came with the Italian audio as well as the mediocre English dub... but had no subtitles to speak of (and I couldn't get any of the ones I could find online synced properly). Still a great film, even with the poor dubbing. Some nice details in the cinematography.
The original Django isn't just one of Tarantino's inspirations - the song is great and was a perfect lift for Unchained - it's a great down-and-dirty spaghetti western on its own (the English dub isn't, but I've heard worse). This Django is a former Union soldier who walks into a ghost town and its whorehouse trapped between Mexican and former Confederate factions, dragging a coffin behind him. This is a postapocalyptic Old West, a muddy sinkhole of a place where peasants are shot for fun and saloon girls are coughing from consumption. It's striking as all get out. And though you think whole mysterious fast-drawing stranger comes to town and saves it premise is old hat, the movies goes into strange, dark - cool! - directions you're not expecting. Because this isn't the Old West so much as a Purgatory, or possibly even a Hell, where the lead is already dead, and everyone else either wish he was or that they were. Iconic! There's a reason a bunch of older films were rebranded with the Django name to supplement a growing number of new Djangosploitation releases.
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ChrisReynolds
Really entertaining, and one of the best spaghetti westerns not directed by Sergio Leone. Like "A Fistful of Dollars" with a hugely amped up level of violence.Darkness_prevails
The english dub on this film is particularly bad. The poorly delivered dialogue actually alters the characterization of some of the characters, especially Django. I'd definitely recommend going out of your way to find the original Italian. This is really good film though. Thoroughly entertaining throughout. Franco Nero gives a really solid performance. The violence works on an entertainment level as well as a narrative and tonal level.Cassiodoro
Classic flickDieguito
I also would like to find the version in Italian, dubbed movies are always awful!thestuman101694
I thought that it was very good (even though I watched the poorly-done, dubbed-English version). I recommend that one should watch the Italian.panagos
First time i watched it, i was naive, i thought it was great. Now i realise it's lame...benhere
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Shame that the version I had came with the Italian audio as well as the mediocre English dub... but had no subtitles to speak of (and I couldn't get any of the ones I could find online synced properly). Still a great film, even with the poor dubbing. Some nice details in the cinematography.IamZlatan
can you hear this?mi-16evil
Pretty enjoyable, over-the-top spaghetti western. Supposed to be the source material for Tarantino's next film.Siskoid
The original Django isn't just one of Tarantino's inspirations - the song is great and was a perfect lift for Unchained - it's a great down-and-dirty spaghetti western on its own (the English dub isn't, but I've heard worse). This Django is a former Union soldier who walks into a ghost town and its whorehouse trapped between Mexican and former Confederate factions, dragging a coffin behind him. This is a postapocalyptic Old West, a muddy sinkhole of a place where peasants are shot for fun and saloon girls are coughing from consumption. It's striking as all get out. And though you think whole mysterious fast-drawing stranger comes to town and saves it premise is old hat, the movies goes into strange, dark - cool! - directions you're not expecting. Because this isn't the Old West so much as a Purgatory, or possibly even a Hell, where the lead is already dead, and everyone else either wish he was or that they were. Iconic! There's a reason a bunch of older films were rebranded with the Django name to supplement a growing number of new Djangosploitation releases.sureup
Very mediocre... I don't understand why so many like it.