Django Strikes Again (1987)

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Django has gone soft, buried his machine gun, and is now a monk. When a woman tells him his daughter has been kidnapped and forced into slavery, Django decides he has to right this wrong.DSA feels very much like an Italian exploitation film to me. There is such a heavy use of fog, I wouldn't have been surprised if one of the corpses got up and started eating the flesh of the living (ie Fulci). Django kills three men very slasher like when he decapitates them in a single swoop from a scythe that he gets from a grim reaper statue. And lastly, the way the other slaves are portrayed remind me of cannibals, they rip apart at least one man.The excellent Django theme song is no where to be found, but the groovy score that is present certainly delivers when Django is causing death and destruction.Minus the film's prologue, DSA feels nothing like a western to me. I've read other people praising DSA's prologue, but it came off real corny to me. I do agree DSA feels more like a Rambo riff, which is funny to me because at one point film makers were copying Django and now, Django is copying another film.DSA is a bit slow and incoherent for me. The Anchor Bay disc I watched didn't have English captions even when I had the film's Italian audio track on, so I had a bit of a tough time understanding the dialogue.It may not be as memorable as the original Django, but it's a blast to see Franco Nero once again wielding his machine gun and take no prisoners!

Django Strikes Again is a blast! It's a very fun and entertaining flick! Just don't go into this sequel expecting it to be a rehash of the original. It's been 20 years since the Old West era of the original Django film, but Django comes back and proves that he can still do things in his own unique, and highly violent, manner. Franco Nero returns as Django and it's great to see him back in the role. He's was cool in the original and even cooler in Strikes Again. Django has definitely gotten better with age! The machine gun is back too! Pop some corn, grab your favorite beverage, start up the DVD player, and have a blast with Django Strikes Again!

This film is very interesting. Many people will scoff at it's production values, but when you consider it's era, it's really not that far off from its contemporaries. Many people make the mistake of comparing this movie to the Rambo franchise.I suppose this is based on the way the Italians chose to market the film (with Nero with a headband and giant veiny muscles). But the more appropriate comparison should be with Arnold Schwartzenegger's "Commando". In both films, a burly guy trying to forget his violent past has his daughter kidnapped and is forced to kill hundreds of ethnic stereotyped Hispanic folks to get her back. It's even got exploding guard towers and guys getting stabbed in Arnie "stick around!" style!!!

For the past twenty years, after the original there was a plethora of Django knock-offs, wannabes and unofficial remakes. The Italian cinema was the main culprit. Twenty years later, Franco Nero officially reprises his role of Django. However, it's a few years too late. Django 2 is a very uninspired film, it lacks focus and a general direction. I didn't enjoy it at all. There's not much to recommend about this picture. I was extremely disapointed by this film. My advice to you is to skip this one and try and watch some of the many knock-offs. At least they're fun to watch, unlike this one. Phew.D