"Mannaja - A Man called Blade", its a 70's late spaghetti western by Sergio Martino. Its not a great movie, but its fun to watch, and have some good details. Light years away from Sergio Leone movies, or even "Keoma"(Enzo G.Castellari), which by the way "Mannaja" is greatly inspired by.
It is a typical Western Spaghetti, with a main character( "Blade" ) with the characteristic of a macho super-hero. Thats the all point of this kind of films, all the main characters in various Westerns Spaghettis like "Blondie", "Django", "Navajo Joe", "Cuchillo", "Keoma" are bigger than life, capable of doing the impossible. They know everything, they do everything, kill everything, they are bad ass, and they love action and hate talking, but they always have a good heart. "Mannaja - A man called Blade" is not a masterpiece, far from that, but its entertaining, have good moments and a epic\comic soundtrack that fits like a glove. For all Western Spaghetti aficionados this one is pretty good. If you like this one, i recommend: All Sergio Leone's Westerns(the finest); "Django" (Sergio Corbucci) and "Keoma"(Castellari)
It is a typical Western Spaghetti, with a main character( "Blade" ) with the characteristic of a macho super-hero. Thats the all point of this kind of films, all the main characters in various Westerns Spaghettis like "Blondie", "Django", "Navajo Joe", "Cuchillo", "Keoma" are bigger than life, capable of doing the impossible. They know everything, they do everything, kill everything, they are bad ass, and they love action and hate talking, but they always have a good heart. "Mannaja - A man called Blade" is not a masterpiece, far from that, but its entertaining, have good moments and a epic\comic soundtrack that fits like a glove. For all Western Spaghetti aficionados this one is pretty good. If you like this one, i recommend: All Sergio Leone's Westerns(the finest); "Django" (Sergio Corbucci) and "Keoma"(Castellari)