Sabata (Lee Van Cleef) rescues a fortune in stolen government money from a gang of burglars and goes up against the big-shot who orchestrated the heist, as well as a bunch of shifty locals, when he offers to keep his mouth shut for a price.
An attempt to cash in on Van Cleef's characters from For A Few Dollars More and The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, the character of Sabata is a bit of a Colonel Mortimer clone.
Lee Van Cleef is pretty cool, the direction fine, and the production values above average. The real problem with the film lies in the script, which isn't as exciting as it could (or should) have been. It's just a little too talky and uninvolved.
As far as the sequels go, I'd say skip them, unless you're a hardcore Italian western fan. The Sabata series is probably the worst of all the healthy-budgeted spaghetti westerns. It's a shame too.
An attempt to cash in on Van Cleef's characters from For A Few Dollars More and The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, the character of Sabata is a bit of a Colonel Mortimer clone.
Lee Van Cleef is pretty cool, the direction fine, and the production values above average. The real problem with the film lies in the script, which isn't as exciting as it could (or should) have been. It's just a little too talky and uninvolved.
As far as the sequels go, I'd say skip them, unless you're a hardcore Italian western fan. The Sabata series is probably the worst of all the healthy-budgeted spaghetti westerns. It's a shame too.