Review of Four of the Apocalypse (1975) by Dustin R — 18 Nov 2007
Lucio Fulci's 1975 Western deserves praise for visually demonstrating the transition of the Western genre via its hero changing from a cocky card shark to the emotionally hardened drifter demonstrated significantly better by Lee Van Cleef and Clint Eastwood.
Fulci also provides brilliantly constructed commentary on the masculinity of the westerner, seeing as how said character transition takes place in a town consisting only of men. I Quattro dell'apocalisse, however, is horrendous in its pacing and offers some of the worst folky-rock music ever recorded as a narrative device for the characters' struggle.
These flawed elements too often remove us from the severity of the events portrayed on screen, and show a general misunderstanding of the genre attempting to be revised. Good ideas executed poorly.
This review of Four of the Apocalypse (1975) was written by Dustin R on 18 Nov 2007.
Four of the Apocalypse has generally received positive reviews.
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