An italian western from the late seventies. The start of this movie is set in a swamp/forest somewhere. A wanted crook is running away from a man on hose back. He trips, he stand back up and backs up against a tree. He see the unknown man, the crook draws his weapon but before he can fire the man on the horse takes out a hatchet and throws it, cutting one of the crooks hands off. The man on horse back is balde, he is named blade because of his hatchet throwing. Blade rides to a nearby town to collect a reward on the crook but finds no sheriff, only trouble. The rest of this dull movie consists of blade getting involved with some very bad people and having to save the day. The plot twists are unoriginal, dull and uninteresting. There is not much action or violence and the ending is also rubbish, the final showdown between blade and the main villian is pathetic, too short and very dull. On the plus side its well made, has nice photography and is atmospheric, overall the negatives outweigh the positives. Disappointing.
Review of A Man Called Blade
