Indio Sabata (1971)

Sabata hangs out in Mexico, helping the people fight Maxmillian's men. He sets out with men to find the Austrian war chest so that they can supply Mexico's army.

This was supposed to be a stand alone movie, but with the "Sabata" name was a big sell, so they packaged the movie around it. Yul Brynner takes Van Cleef's place and he totally makes the character his own. That's good and bad in a way, I think. It's a comic book western in a way. It's fun, no need for thought and very colorful. This is a total popcorn movie. Anything totally out there is in this movie.

I think the problem with this movie is that it's almost the same movie as Sabata. All that made it different was a few extra characters. Brynner's Sabata is totally different then Van Cleef's. If the company was pushing these two as the same guy, it's totally wrong. If I were to sell this, I'd sell it more as the characters are different and the only thing that links them is the name Sabata. Like the Sabata family, y'know? It totally devolves into one mess of a gunfight. Nothing wrong with that, just that after a while, it's gets a bit long.

As I said in the first installment, this is a box set that could have put out a little something special for the fans, but MGM totally drops the ball on it. Get this if you want to, but wait for a better substitute.

Two and a half stars.