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Sunday, November 9, 2014

It Can Be Done Amigo A.K.A. Si Può Fare... Amigo A.K.A. Saddle Tramps (1972)

A Spanish Italian French spaghetti western directed by Maurizio Lucidi, starring Bud Spencer.
A lone cowboy is being chased by a man who claims that the cowboy impregnated his sister. A lawyer and his nephew are nearby and the lawyer is shot, leaving the young nephew in the care of the first cowboy. The cowboy finds that the child owns a ranch and has a wad of cash. They go to the town where the ranch is and are not welcomed. People try to buy the ranch from the boy and cowboy because they know what the main characters do not.
The complex plot was not clearly communicated. Part of this was because the pacing was too slow. The other part is because the editing and camera angles were weird and didn't make sense. What looked like a scene change would only be a change of camera angles. The continuity was extremely choppy because of this.The video was poor quality, with overexposed lights and underexposed darks. The audio was harsh and annoying. Despite the poor production quality, it still maintained the style of a classic spaghetti western. Bud Spencer is a classic actor of this genre and The other actors did an alright job as well. All of the main characters were easily differentiated and relatively memorable. This is one of those movies that I think should have been better than it is. They had the right people and style, but poor production and murky communication spoiled it. I rate this poor.

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