Dollar for the Dead (Dólar por los muertos) (1998)
Emilio Estevez, William Forsythe, Joaquim de Almeida, Jonathan Banks, Howie Long
In this tribute to the old time spaghetti westerns with a liberal dose of modern Hong Kong film-making thrown in, Emilio Estevez assumes Clint Eastwood's "man with no name" role. Estevez plays a super-quick gunman on the run from a rancher (Long) and his men out to kill him for killing his son. The ... (read more) In this tribute to the old time spaghetti westerns with a liberal dose of modern Hong Kong film-making thrown in, Emilio Estevez assumes Clint Eastwood's "man with no name" role. Estevez plays a super-quick gunman on the run from a rancher (Long) and his men out to kill him for killing his son. The gunman gets mixed up with a former Confederate soldier (William Forsythe) who has knowledge of hidden gold. The only trouble is he is also pursued by Union soldiers. When they free a man (Ed Lauter) with part of the map to the gold, they then are also pursued by Spanish soldiers. It all leads to a small Mexican town terrorized by soldiers and led a by a good priest (Joaquim De Almeida) who also has knowledge of the gold
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Unrated, 94 min
Directed by:
Gene Quintano
Release Date: Oct 11, 1998
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Quand le real d'Alarme Fatale fait un "tribute to Sergio Leone" en telefilm... Et bien c'est plutot sympa !
Le film est bien rythme (malgre une derniere partie un peu mollassonne), les personnages sont sympa, quelques repliques font mouches, les gunf... (read more) Quand le real d'Alarme Fatale fait un "tribute to Sergio Leone" en telefilm... Et bien c'est plutot sympa !
Le film est bien rythme (malgre une derniere partie un peu mollassonne), les personnages sont sympa, quelques repliques font mouches, les gunfights sont assez fun et la musique a quelques relents de Morricone.
Bonne petite surprise !
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