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This politically oriented spaghetti western, chronicles the exploits of a mercenary who aligns himself with a revolutionary. Their goal is to liberate a peaceful professor and his students who are bei... read more read more...ng held hostage in Texas. The mercenary's real reason for joining him is that the revolutionary knows the location of a cache of gold. En route to Texas they run into a strange wooden handed gunslinger who likes to smoke marijuana. The gunman is accompanied by his pet falcon. Tension between the mercenary and the rebel rise throughout the movie, but when the opposing forces attack, they unite. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 58 min.

Directed by: Sergio Corbucci

Release Date: December 18, 1970

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DVD Release Date: February 10, 2004

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  • DragonEyeMorrison
    July 20, 2010
    DragonEyeMorrison
    Italian westerns started as gritty as possible, then started to move to more comedy/adventure territory. Compañeros is a bit of that, but it's also a very well done movie with lots of flavour and fun moments everywhere. Franco Nero and Tomas Milian form a fantastic duo, Jack Pala... read morence is 100% creepy and badass. Morricone is in top form and the overall film is always fun, always unpredictable, always making you smile. A good adventure/actioner/buddy movie with characters you care for, with actual tension and well made action sequences. The characters are engaging and everyone has great chemistry together. From Fernando Rey's idealistic revolution leader to Franco Nero's charming greedy arms dealer, the movie knows how to give balance to both the comedy and the drama. Is like the opposite of the usual hollywood adventure blockbuster attempt, where the comedy is forced, the characters are stupid and the action is never intense or well directed for that matter. This is how you do it you idiots.

    Now, i could be an ass and nitpick some scenes that didn't made a lot of sense to me, but screw that, it won't take away how much i enjoyed this.
  • ythelastman89
    June 18, 2010
    ythelastman89
    Sergio Corbucci is right next to Sergio Leone when it comes to Spaghetti Western directors, this is definitely his masterpiece, succeeding where A Fistful of Dynamite fails. Two great characters played by spaghetti western legends Tomas Milian and Franco Nero, a one handed evil v... read moreillain and a story to die for. This is perhaps the best movie depicting the Mexican Revolution, certainly for me. This has one of the most action packed and bloodthirsty finales, Franco Nero must’ve committed massacre with that Gatling gun. The vision and style is flawless, just a cool movie with an important message on freedom.
  • RicC
    September 24, 2010
    RicC
    The rating is for the version I saw with the Italian, Spanish and English language difficulties. A version without the adjusting gets at least a half-star more. I know most of the spaghetti westerns always have some bizarre language barriers already with titles and the asynchrono... read moreus audio and subtitles, but this time it pissed me off because Compañeros had further language issues. It doesn't take that much effort to subtitle, or edit the film accordingly. Hell, I'd curate it for free!

    Back to review mode, this is another fun Corbucci film through and through. The character variety once again leaves room for a lively plot. Wicked soundtrack!!
  • futsin
    July 11, 2007
    futsin
    Okay, THIS is my favorite Corbucci film. It's very modern and ahead of its time, it has a great rock soundtrack, the cast is a bunch of fun, and it's got Jack Palance as a stoner "man in black" bad guy! This movie rules! :D
  • genuwine57
    May 7, 2007
    genuwine57
    morricones score is amazing , "vamos a matar vamos a matar companeros"
    the first time i watched it im like ok, i get it, every time some action happens you play this go to theme, and i got sick of it. then i went back to watch again, because it was in my head, and i realized the... read more score is perfect, and it carries the film. so ridiculous, so over the top, so flawed, but so perfect. if that makes any sense
  • flynnparadox
    March 28, 2007
    flynnparadox
    One of my favorite Italian westerns; funny and violent with great performances from everyone involved. Iris Berben is the most beautiful and compelling of *all* Italian Western heroines. Corbucci's best film (but, doesn't every Corbucci fan have their own favorite?) Check it out.

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