Today We Kill... Tomorrow We Die! (1968)
Bill Kiowa (Brett Halsey) has spent last few years practicing drawing his gun with a wooden pistol in a jail cell. He was put there for a crime he didn't commit and after he's released he seeks out vengeance. He hires a gang of the best killers he knows and goes after the guy who set him up and his group of Comancheros. That's the story in this spaghetti western written by Dario Argento. And despite it being quite common, it's actually not a bad story, I've seen a lot worse that's for sure. The cast is a weird mix of some proper talent and just familiar looking faces. They have even managed to get Tatsuya Nakadai in it to play the main villain and he does the best job of the lot. The music was quite good, which was a surprise as I hadn't heard of Angelo Lavagnino before. Though looking at his filmography I've actually heard him many times, but didn't recognize the name. The movie also looks surprisingly good. Some of the night shots towards the end look brilliant. So it's a nice story with fairly good cast that looks and sounds good, but it's not exactly a good movie. It's a bit unevenly paced and the mood was very uneven going from comedy to tragedy to drama and so on. Kind of like it wanted to touch everything and then go back again. Anyway it was well worth watching but don't think I'll give it another try in the future either.
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