‘Death Rides a Horse’ Blu-ray Review
Stars: John Phillip Law, Lee Van Cleef, Mario Brega, Luigi Pistilli, Anthony Dawson, Jose Torres, Franco Balducci | Written by Luciano Vincenzoni | Directed by Giulio Petroni
Every so often, a film gallops out of the dusty plains of cinema history and plants its boots squarely on your chest. Death Rides a Horse, directed by Giulio Petroni, is one such Spaghetti Western that does more than check the genre’s boxes; it kicks them over and sets them on fire with an icy stare and a whiff of Ennio Morricone’s signature music trailing behind.
I went into Death Rides a Horse expecting nothing more than the usual revenge-fueled romp through tumbleweeds and six-shooter justice. What I got instead was a surprisingly tight, brooding, and stylishly constructed tale of vengeance – one that refuses to rush and, instead, simmers like a slow-burning fuse winding its way to an inevitable explosion.
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