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The Django Collection [Digitally Remastered]
(Anthony Steffen, Jeff Cameron, Guy Madison, Franco Nero, George Hilton, et al / DVD / NR / 2021 / Film Rise - MVD Visual)

Overview: This action-packed collection contains the following six Django westerns: A Man Called Django (Viva! Django), Django the Runner, Hanging for Django, Django: A Bullet for You, Return of Django and A Pistol for Django which makes this definitive, and now digitally remastered Spaghetti Western collection a must-have for fans of the genre!

DVD Verdict: First up is A Man Called Django (Viva! Django) (1971) starring Anthony Steffen and tells the tale of how Django is on the trail of some renegade outlaws who raped and killed his wife.

En route, he rescues a horse thief from an impromptu hanging. He discovers the man knows who committed the murder. The men team up and head west for revenge.

Although it steals ideas from about half a dozen other spaghetti westerns, this fake Django sequel is certainly fast-paced enough, with adequate production values and enough action to fill up it’s running time.

Next up is Django the Runner (Massacre Time) (1966) featuring Franco Nero and tells the story of a prospector and his drunkard half-brother who must fight a rancher and his sadistic son after they seize control of his farm.

It’s a fast-paced genre-highlight, with a delightful shoot-first-ask-questions-later mentality as well as a handful of ingenious twists in the plot.

Then we get Hanging for Django (No Room To Die) (1969) starring Anthony Steffen, where Django and Santana are bounty hunters taking out bandits in a small Western town.

An evil landowner smuggling illegal immigrants and the men that work for him have mighty fine prices on their heads. So it only makes sense that Django and Santana would come-a-callin’ before long.

It’s what I would call a safe Spaghetti Western, a chance to make a telling political point is wasted, but there’s a lot of style around to ensure that the pic is never once dull.

Up next is Django: A Bullet for You (A Few Dollars for Django) (1966) starring Anthony Steffan who is sent to Montana to hunt down bank robbers, but where also a bounty hunter takes the star off a replacement sheriff who didn’t reach his destination and steps into a range war between farmers and cattlemen.

Fans of Anthony Steffen and his hard-edged performances probably won’t be disappointed, although this one is not a real Django entry as Steffen plays a gunfighter named Reagan here!

It’s a typical Italian western of the sixties with all the touches that gives a special and cult atmosphere for this genre nowadays.

Then we get Return of Django (1967) starring Guy Madison and which tells the story of the son of Django who is searching for the murderer of his father and is thereby involved in a war between two factions headed by former acquaintances of his famous parent.

Although this is about the son of Django, the plot bears a little more of a resemblance to A Fistful Of Dollars. Top-billed Guy Madison has the most interesting role, albeit only a supporting one, as a priest and friend of Django who has to pick up his gun again to help Tinti, a role he reprised in other films.

Lastly comes A Pistol for Django (Sartana’s Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin) (1971) starring George Hilton, and which tells the story of Sartana contending with various parties - including a dapper rival gunfighter, an alluring saloon owner and a Mexican bandit - who are intent on acquiring a mining director’s gold.

Well, in this one, and this should explain the plot perfectly, you’ve got Sartana after gold, the bandits after gold, some shady businessmen after gold, the gold miners after their own gold (how dare they!), and a bar owning chick ... after gold.

Oh, and another gunslinger called Sabbath after gold. He carries a white parasol, reads Shakespeare’s sonnets, and constantly refers to his mother! These are all Full Screen Presentations (1.33:1) enhanced for 16x9 TVs.

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