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Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die!

Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die! (1971)

July. 28,1971
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6.1
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PG
| Western Thriller

A man, released after a jail term for a crime he did not commit, raises a gang to go after the man who framed him.

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GrimPrecise
1971/07/28

I'll tell you why so serious

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Deanna
1971/07/29

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

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Marva
1971/07/30

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

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Dana
1971/07/31

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

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anxietyresister
1971/08/01

My first positive review for a while, and it's for this little Western potboiler. A guy who has spent five years in prison for the murder of his wife which he was not responsible for organises a band of the meanest hombres around and goes to kill the real culprit of the crime. The murderer happens to be the leader of a bunch of merciless gangsters who hold up stagecoaches and dispose of anyone who gets in their way, so our hero and his desperadoes have their work cut out for them. But where there's a will..Lacking the technical expertise of Clint Eatwood's finest, this is still a thoroughly engaging spectacle. So what if the dead bodies sometimes move, and the fists obviously never make contact with skin? Thanks to robust characterisations, lashings of wit, enthusiastic gun battles and an infinitely hissable villain this is well worth catching at the wee crack of dawn when you can't sleep. In fact, it's so entertaining I am postponing my own bedtime at 2.30 a.m to recommend it to everyone. Now that's commitment. YAWN. 6/10.... ZZZZZZZZZ *Head collapses on Z key*

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lost-in-limbo
1971/08/02

Dario Argento… Italian horror-specialist?! Well one of them anyway. Yep Argento co-penned this highly enjoyable spaghetti western that had a strong ensemble cast of interesting names to boot. Featuring Brett Halsey, Bud Spencer, William Berger and quite a memorable Tatsuya Nakadai… with a machete! Not only fun and absorbing, but one of the better entries of the long-listed and wide-ranged spaghetti sub-genre. The story is your basic revenge formula, but the script is sharp, unsparing and riddled with well-judged humour that never takes away from the gradual build-up to a thrilling, if offbeat standoff in swampy woodland terrain. These final passages are very well delivered by director Tonino Cervi, by pulling out an atmospheric tone together with the bold violence. But before even leading up to all of this, are some reliably creative and gusty set-pieces that aren't out of place. The brisk style is evident, and music composer Angelo Francesco Lavagnino's flamboyant score randomly punctuates some uncanny sounds. While, the formidably cunning camera-work of Sergio D'Offizi adds to the intensity. Japanese actor Nakadai is stupendous, and had me transfixed with his vibrant expressions as the shady, clever weasel-like villain. He stole every shot he was in. Halsey basically just looked good in black, and stared you down with that steely glance in a fitting performance as the revenge seeking heroine. Spencer bombards the screen with his robust personality and stature. The pacing stays tight, and pretty dry with little in the way of lapses.

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ster2001
1971/08/03

This was pretty decent most of the way through but the last 10 minutes are really superb. Getting Tetsuya Nakadai(the great Japanese star) to play the villan was a brilliant idea. His strained facial gestures are hilariously brilliant. He really raises the movie. He even wields a giant machette like a samurai sword in a few scenes! I suppose he's playing a mexican? It is never explained but it doesn't really matter. Good cast all around. Some inventive scenes but the end shoot out is great. Nakadai's facial expression are fantastic as he almost freezes in place after being shot. And the score which was rather functional takes on an inspired tone as the villan dies, which takes a scene chewingly long time. Hats off to Nakadai for raising this above average.

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cengelm
1971/08/04

This film is considered one of the best spaghetti-westerns and thus my expectations were high. Unfortunately it didn't deliver. It's a simple and worn revenge story which never leaves the clichéd paths. The head villain Elfego(well played by Tatsuya Nakadai) is described as almost invincible but later turns out to be less than smart. Having a good opportunity to finish with the avengers we don't get an explanation at all why he doesn't take his chance. In the end he runs together with his gang into a prepared ambush and is the only survivor, for no other reason than to lose the final duel.The film is well shot and the score adequate. It feels sometimes quite intense and never shifts into comedic waters. The typical tongue-in-cheek humor of the spaghetti genre is missing. There are no great memorable scenes, either.5 / 10.

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