I am reviewing Minnesota Clay,it's my eighth spaghetti western review in the new series.
Minnesota Clay is one of the very first spaghetti westerns,being released at the time of Sergio Leones dollars trilogy.This is ironic since it uses the same locations as A fistful of dollars (notice the town) and the plot is nearly the same(two rival outlaw gangs fighting each other and a lone gunslinger in the middle of it all),but this is a very entertaining cowboy picture that never fails to disappoint.
The photography is brilliantly done and the shots of horses running and roaming around the country side are excellent,such shots makes this 1960s spaghetti western fell like a 1950s American B western,but that's a good thing.
The acting is good and Cameron Mitchell is excellent at playing Clay,the character of Clay is similar to Clint Eastwoods man with no name and Mitchell plays Clay with brutal bitterness which is nearly the same as how Clint Eastwood plays in the dollars trilogy.
There's a decent amount of action including a large shootout at a ranch which showcases a lot of kills from the main characters and there's a brilliant duel at the end in which Clay takes down the bad guys.
The story does drag a little bit and the ending is quite abrupt,but still very good.I highly recommend this to any western fan,if you can ever get your hands on it,then do.
Keep checking my account for more spaghetti western reviews.
Minnesota Clay is one of the very first spaghetti westerns,being released at the time of Sergio Leones dollars trilogy.This is ironic since it uses the same locations as A fistful of dollars (notice the town) and the plot is nearly the same(two rival outlaw gangs fighting each other and a lone gunslinger in the middle of it all),but this is a very entertaining cowboy picture that never fails to disappoint.
The photography is brilliantly done and the shots of horses running and roaming around the country side are excellent,such shots makes this 1960s spaghetti western fell like a 1950s American B western,but that's a good thing.
The acting is good and Cameron Mitchell is excellent at playing Clay,the character of Clay is similar to Clint Eastwoods man with no name and Mitchell plays Clay with brutal bitterness which is nearly the same as how Clint Eastwood plays in the dollars trilogy.
There's a decent amount of action including a large shootout at a ranch which showcases a lot of kills from the main characters and there's a brilliant duel at the end in which Clay takes down the bad guys.
The story does drag a little bit and the ending is quite abrupt,but still very good.I highly recommend this to any western fan,if you can ever get your hands on it,then do.
Keep checking my account for more spaghetti western reviews.