Bandit Tomas Milian survives an impromptu execution by double-crossing partners. Crawling out of a pit, he's nursed by two Indians who ascribe mystical reasons for his not dying. Soon he tracks the others to a strange town where inhabitants strung up the gang and took the gold, which another violent big shot is willing to kill to possess.I don't quite get what others say about this being "surreal" or "hallucinatory", as the film appears to be pretty straight-forward to me. It's weird, but it's not Eraserhead or Alejandro Jodorowsky weird.It's more along the lines of an artiste tying to make a political statement about capitalism, using shocking, violent imagery to attract the attention of the bourgeois and perhaps make the movie attractive to the art-house and grind-house crowds.Although pretentious, this stays interesting throughout, with a good performance by Milian. However, teen-aged Ray Lovelock's implied gang-rape by Zorro's (Yeah, that's the villain's name!) horribly-dressed goons was a bit silly and gratuitous.

Surreal western dealing with various people trying to get their hands on a bunch of gold.The plot has The Stranger some how surviving being shot down by his compatriots after a gold robbery. Rescued by a couple of Indians who want to know what its like on the other side of life, he trails the men who tried to kill him to a town where only one of them remains alive. At this point the film becomes a game as various people try to get their hands on the gold. (For give me for being vague- and only covering the first half hour of plot, but this movie is so unique one should see it on ones own.) Off beat to say the least, this movie has a cruel streak a mile wide. No one is nice, everyone is evil to some degree. And yes there are lots of gay cowboys. Its an unpleasant time in an unpleasant town. This is a one of a kind film that is not for all tastes. At times it plays more like a horror western rather than as a spaghetti western (the end of one person is out of a horror movie.I'm not sure what I think of it. Certainly its well made but it is rather unpleasant. I can't see wanting to see it a second time. The pacing isn't to my tastes and its two hour running time felt even longer. Was it worth seeing? Yes, its a good if nasty film. I don't know what I would have made of the film had I stumbled on to it unaware of what it contained. Certainly I don't know how much more out there you can go with out a film ceasing to be a western.Spaghetti western fans and those who like off beat films are invited to take a look. The rest are advised to proceed with caution.6 out of 10 for the unpleasantness and the uncertainty of a second viewing.

DJANGO KILL is one excellent Spaghetti Western. The only problem with the film is that it loses steam by the end and it's a shame because if the direction, the pacing and the story had remained the same throughout the movie as during the first hour, this would have been a masterpiece. The direction is truly unique and there's something contemporary about the whole first hour. But when the action starts resembling a soap opera of sorts, the greatness of the beginning is almost completely gone. But even if the second half is not as spectacular as the first half, DJANGO KILL is still one of the best Euro westerns I've ever seen. I've watched the Blue Underground DVD several times now. 8 out of 10.

A fine, if somewhat bananas spaghetti western that cashes in on the Franco Nero/Sergio Corbucci Django of the previous year simply by including Django in the title. What we have here, though, is a marvelous, if somewhat slightly mysterious example of the genre. More interesting than Django is a B***ard, or whatever its called this week, Django Kill really pulls out all the stops in an endless parade of the macabre. From the curious opening scene with Tomas Milian crawling out of a grave to the brutal lynchings and gothic horror drenching of one of many villains in liquid gold- this is a real treat for genre fans. As with many similar movies there are no morals anywhere to be seen, characters turn up, rub their hands together, kill mercilessly and then are shot down or, in this case, killed by an exploding horse. I understand that there are many versions of this movie in existence, which is not surprising in the least. The version i have was shown on uk tv five or six years ago, so i suppose its incompleteness would be down to broadcast quality prints. Its still a real doozer though.