Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Aiden Melton The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

TheLittleSongbird Not in any way is this meant to sound biased, because actually there are some truly great spaghetti westerns out there. Companeros may not be one of the absolute best of them, but to me it's among the most fun. It is a little of a slow-starter and a touch episodic at first and it's less than original, but when the rest of the film is so much fun and so well put together they don't seem to matter.Companeros is a brilliantly made film, with gorgeously evocative scenery and costumes and stylish cinematography that give off a dream-like quality and harsh realism. Sergio Corbucci's direction as to be expected is exemplary, it's technically faultless while never getting in the way of the storytelling. Ennio Morricone's music score will not disappoint any fans of his and is one of the film's best assets, it's not quite one of his all-time greats but it's haunting and stirring and the theme song is one of the catchiest theme songs for any film. Like almost all his work, it really gives the film soul. Companeros is smartly scripted filled with subtle witty humour, it has blistering action especially one of the most suspenseful and entertaining shoot-out scenes I've ever seen for a film and the story is exciting, tense and fun-filled with a truly sensational and quite emotional ending.The cast is a talented one and Companeros in no way wastes the actors. Particularly good is Jack Palance, here he has one of his most loathsome characters and Palance's performance is devilishly enjoyable, clearly looking like he was having a ball. While he is a scene-stealer, Franco Nero and Tomas Milian do wonderfully in the lead roles too, in performances filled with charisma and likability, and work like dynamite together in a film where their chemistry ties it together. Overall, a great film and a huge lot of fun to watch. 9/10 Bethany Cox

pabrcf11 Under-rated!!! OK, if you don't like spaghetti/schnitzel westerns, but if one has ever even mildly entertained you then you'll love this.Great acting, wonderful casting, incredible humor- and the best part is that it isn't trying to be funny, it just can't help it! Never silly, with so many sequences that are just...fun! I have been thinking since watching films like "One Man's Hero" that 1910 along the Texas-Mexico border is the best time and place for the genre and this one really proves the rule.More gritty than "Fistful of Dollars", better cast than "Once Upon a Time in the West" and it leaves you feeling better than "Shane". Yeah, it's that good, imho. Dig one of the original posters for it: http://www.allouttabubblegum.com/main/wp- content/uploads/2011/06/companeros_poster_01.jpg

Woodyanders Suave Swedish arms dealer Yodlaf Peterson (smoothly played with charisma to spare by Franco Nero) and crude bandit El Vasco (a wonderfully scruffy portrayal by Tomas Milian) can't really stand each other, but join forces anyway to nab a kindly professor (the always excellent Fernando Rey) who holds the key to a fortune in gold. Meanwhile, the pair are relentlessly pursued by loopy pot-smoking madman John (Jack Palance in peak wacky villainous form), a total nutter sporting a fake hand and a pet hawk with an old score to settle with Peterson. And, to further complicate matters, there's a revolution on the verge of happening in Mexico.Director Sergio Corbucci relates the immensely entertaining story at a quick pace, maintains an engaging lighthearted tone throughout, makes fine use of the dusty desert locations, and stages the thrilling action with considerable rip-roaring aplomb. The winningly easy'n'breezy chemistry between Nero and Milian keeps the picture humming throughout. The sly script by Corbucci and Massimo De Rita not only provides a wealth of spot-on sidesplitting impudent humor, but also makes valid points about the necessity for violence in a revolution and the dangers of idealism overriding rationality. Moreover, it's acted with zest by a lively cast, with especially spirited contributions from Iris Berben as fiery revolutionary Lola, Jose Bodalo as the treacherous General Mongo, and Karin Schubert as sassy saloon gal Zaira. Ennio Morricone's rousing and flavorful score hits the stirring spot. Alejandro Ulloa's crisp widescreen cinematography gives the picture a handsome shimmering look. A super fun film.

Claudio Carvalho In times of revolution in Mexico, the ignorant Vasco (Tomas Milian) is promoted by the corrupt General Mongo (Francisco Bódalo) to lead his men in the invasion to San Bernardino. Meanwhile the arms trader Yolaf "Swedish" Peterson (Franco Nero) arrives in the village to deal with Mongo; however the money to buy the weapons is locked in a bank safe. The only man that knows the combination to open the safe that was not murdered by Mongo's men is the pacifist Professor Xantos (Fernando Rey) that is prisoner in Fort Yuma in the United States. Swedish offers to release Xantos but the suspicious Mongo asks Vasco to go with Yolaf. The twosome is chased by the followers of Xantos led by the beautiful Lola (Iris Berben) that want to convince the duo to join the revolution; and by the mercenary John (Jack Palance) that lost one of his hands in a betrayal of Yolaf to save his life and uses his smart hawk Marsha to get Xantos to deal with Mongo."Vamos a Matar, Compañeros" is a funny spaghetti-western of Sergio Corbutti that has a story very similar to Sergio Leone's "Duck, You Sucker" of 1971 and plays with "Blood for a Silver Dollar". Franco Nero, Tomas Milian and Jack Palance are hilarious, and I laughed a lot with the scene when Marsha becomes a toasted barbecue. The music of Ennio Morricone is excellent, as usual. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Compañeros"