Maniacal outlaws thirsting for blood! Corrupt capitalists profiting from the suffering of the common folk! Desperate people pushed to violent revenge! The Italian western has never been grittier than in this quartet of later-period cult classics, in which the trademark cynicism of the genre escalates into the radical pessimism of the late 1960s / early 1970s world. In Paolo Bianchini's I Want Him Dead (1968), American actor Craig Hill (The Bloodstained Shadow) stars as an ex-Confederate soldier who vows revenge after his sister is raped and murdered, in so doing setting him on a collision course with a dastardly plot to disrupt peace talks between the North and South. Next, in Edoardo Mulargia's El Puro (1969; a.k.a. The Reward's Yours... The Man's Mine), western icon Robert Woods (My Name is Pecos) gives arguably his greatest performance as a legendary gunfighter forced to emerge from hiding after the bounty hunters on his tail murder the tender-hearted barmaid (Rosalba Neri, Smile Before Death) who offered him a new life. Then, in Mario Camus' Wrath of the Wind (1970), genre superstar Terence Hill (They Call Me Trinity) shows his darker side as an assassin who finds his conscience when he and his brother (Mario Pardo, Knife of Ice) are hired by a ruthless landholder (Fernando Rey, The French Connection) to kill the leaders of a growing labor movement. Finally, Fabio Testi (What Have You Done to Solange?) and Tomas Milian (Don't Torture a Duckling) star in Lucio Fulci's Four of the Apocalypse (1975), in which a quartet of misfits go from sharing the same jail cell to embarking on a savage odyssey that will lead to torture, rape and cannibalism. Preyed upon by a ruthless bandit, the foursome fight for their lives - until the time comes for revenge. Four of the Italian western's hardest, cruelest, bloodiest classics erupt from the screen in this feature-packed box set from Arrow Films. Featuring dazzling High Definition restorations and a wealth of brand new bonus materials produced specially for this release, Savage Guns delivers - from both barrels!
- Region Code:
- Region B
- Duration:
- 600 minutes
- Original Language:
- Italian
- Extras:
- Language(s): Italian, English, Hard of Hearing Subtitles: English, Subtitles: English, Interactive Menu, Screen ratio 1 - 1.85:1, Screen ratio 2 - 2.35:1, Mono, Bonus Footage, Commentary: 'I Want Him Dead': Adrian J. Smith and David Flink (critics); 'El Puro': Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson (critics); 'Wrath of the Wind': Howard Hughes (author/critic); 'Four of the Apocalypse': Kat Ellinger (author/producer)., Image Gallery, Interviews: Paolo Bianchini (director); Eugenio Alabiso (editor); Nico Fidenco (composer); Robert Woods (actor); Robert D'Ettorre Piazzoli (camera operator); Roberto Sbarigia (production manager)., Italian and English front and end titles on all four films; Introductions to each film by Fabio Melelli (journalist/critic); Reversible sleeves featuring original artwork and a slipcover featuring newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx; 'El Puro': 98 minute cut and 108 minute version included; Appreciation of the soundtrack and composer Alessandro Alessandroni by Lovely Jon (musician); 'Wrath of the Wind': 106 minute Spanish-language version included featuring additional and extended scenes; Alternate opening titles; Short film: 'They Call It...Red Cemetery!' (2022) by Francisco Lacerda; 'Four of the Apocalypse': Appreciation of the film by Stephen Thrower (author/critic); Appreciation of the soundtrack and its composers Franco Bixio, Fabio Frizzi and Vince Tempera by Lovely Jon., Trailers
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