It's not a classic, but it's definitely worth a look. Complex characters, complex stories.
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Early representative works of violent aesthetics
Liliane 2022-04-20 09:01:48
The rhythm of the whole film is a bit slow, and the characters are both good and evil. However, the two gun battles at the beginning and end of the film are definitely representative of the classic violent aesthetics. It is no wonder that John Woo highly respects this film and is deeply influenced by it. And at the end of the film, it is also trying to exaggerate the brotherhood. The four Parkers can ignore the angels and leave with gold, as long as they are blackhearted and cruel enough, but they are just like the heroes in John Woo's film. They resolutely kill for the sake of brotherhood. Entering the siege, deep in the dead without any regrets, a typical Woo-style brotherhood.
It's not a classic, but it's definitely worth a look. Complex characters, complex stories.
It's not a classic, but it's definitely worth a look. Complex characters, complex stories.
Extended Reading
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Pike Bishop: With the way the Generalissimo's cleaned out this part of the country, he ought to have a lot
[of silver]
Pike Bishop: to spare.
Dutch Engstrom: Eh, "Generalissimo", hell! He's just another bandit grabbin' all he can for himself.
Pike Bishop: [amused] Like some others I could mention?
[laughs]
Dutch Engstrom: [serious] Not so's you'd know it, Mr. Bishop. We ain't nothin' like him! We don't HANG nobody! I hope, someday, these people here kick him, and the rest of that scum like him, right into their graves.
Angel: We will. If it takes forever.
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Lyle Gorch: [the Bunch is riding into Angel's village] Hey, Angel! Why don't you tell your folks to feed them dogs?
Angel: Any insult to my family while we are here and I will kill you!
Lyle Gorch: Hey, Angel; do you have a sister?
Angel: [angrily] Si!
Lyle Gorch: [very politely] I'd be pleased to make her acquaintance. And that of your mama too!
Tector Gorch: [laughing] And the same goes for your grandma, too Sonny!