English title: Ace High
Version watched: 122 minutes, dubbed in English
Two guys who extort some money from a banker are in turn robbed by the guy who had been betrayed by the same banker years ago. They team up, and with a high wire acrobat, to rob a crooked casino.
Above-average Italian Western, with an ellaborate plot and competent craftsmanship. There is always the matter of cultural authenticity, in a film which is characterized by compounded fakeness: it emulates other, and better, Italian Westerns, which in turn emulate a cinematic tradition which, in its original, American form was never too fond of historical accuracy to begin with. The fakeness here begins with the title's Catholic reference, whereas the American West was predominantly Protestant. The style of the humor is of a silliness that became a matter of style in numerous films of this genre. All those things I once found very annoying, less so nowadays. However, I am not exactly amused by them, even now. Let's say I am vaguely intrigued, and leave it at that. It is said that this film is the second part of a trilogy, whose final installment I reviewed here.
Rating: 39
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