The best thing about "Django Strikes Again" is the opening. Two old time gunfighters face off, then decide not to kill each other. Over drinks and complaints of old age, they discuss the great gunfighters. Both agree that the best was the "guy with the machine gun," but can't remember his name. They continue their discussion walking down the street next to the harbor, where a paddlewheel passes buy. Suddenly, a officer on board the ship orders "Fire!" and the two men are blasted by a big gun. As both lay dieing, one remembers the name "Django! That was his name: Django!"
Too bad the rest of the film doesn't fulfill the promise of the opening. It's a trite story which seems to meander all over the place before resolving in a pat ending. Django still runs around with that silly machine gun and full ammo belt as if the whole thing weighed about 30 pounds (more like 300!). Still, Franco Nero is much better here than the first, and is ably backed by Christopher Connelly and Donald Pleasence. Licea Lee Lyon is quite decorative, and most of the sadism and gruesomeness happens fairly discretely, unlike the first movie. Virtually everything about "Django Strikes Again" is better handled than "Django." Course, that isn't saying much. If your tastes lean toward Italian westerns, save your money and pick up any of the Leone movies
Too bad the rest of the film doesn't fulfill the promise of the opening. It's a trite story which seems to meander all over the place before resolving in a pat ending. Django still runs around with that silly machine gun and full ammo belt as if the whole thing weighed about 30 pounds (more like 300!). Still, Franco Nero is much better here than the first, and is ably backed by Christopher Connelly and Donald Pleasence. Licea Lee Lyon is quite decorative, and most of the sadism and gruesomeness happens fairly discretely, unlike the first movie. Virtually everything about "Django Strikes Again" is better handled than "Django." Course, that isn't saying much. If your tastes lean toward Italian westerns, save your money and pick up any of the Leone movies