I have found that spaghetti westerns that chose to film in Israel instead of the usual stomping grounds of Spain tend to have some very interesting touches to them even if they don't work overall. But "Black Jack" is one example that works very well for the most part. It is an incredibly dark and bleak spaghetti western in many aspects, not just with the amoral bad guys, but also with a "hero" who doesn't seem to be any better than the men he hunts down in a quest for revenge. The scenes of revenge are very memorable, having violence and brutality that will make viewers wince at least a little. Even when the movie is not showcasing violence or revenge, the atmosphere is dripping with dread, in part due to the dusty and haunting Israeli desert backdrop. Robert Woods acts appropriately mean-spirited for the most part, though he does overact a few times when his character gets into a bout of insane laughter. Another quibble is that the movie takes a long time (almost half of the running time, as a matter of fact) to set everything up before Woods starts on his path of vengeance. And the pacing does remain kind of slow at times in the second half of the movie. Also, it's not made clear how Woods' character manages to track down his former criminal partners. But those minor shortcomings should not prevent spaghetti western fans from enjoying this western. Though considering the REALLY harsh tone of the movie, maybe I should pick a better word than "enjoying".
(Note: Watch the movie on YouTube instead of DVD, because as one other IMDb user pointed out earlier, the ending on the DVD has been edited in a way to be pretty incomprehensible.)
(Note: Watch the movie on YouTube instead of DVD, because as one other IMDb user pointed out earlier, the ending on the DVD has been edited in a way to be pretty incomprehensible.)