Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

TankGuy Fearless bounty hunter Django accepts an offer from a wealthy landowner to kill a ruthless bandit named Manuel Vasquez, who is responsible for kidnapping the latter's daughter. After Django catches up with Manuel, a respect develops between the two men and Django agrees to aid the bandit in the robbery of a gold shipment. However, after Manuel betrays Django and murders his girlfriend during the robbery, the guilt ridden bounty hunter swears retribution...As you can tell from the synopsis, this is another unofficial Django spin-off churned out in the wake of Corbucci's masterpiece. This time it is Romolo Guerrieri who tries his hand at the revenge filled saga. An overall satisfying but lesser spaghetti western with one hell of a title(translating in English as "10,000 Dollars For A Massacre"). Gianni Garko(billed here as Gary Hudson)is rather compelling in his portray of Django, just over a year before he would fill the boots of the enigmatic Sartana. Claudio Camaso made for a competent adversary in Manuel Vasquez but it was Fernando Sancho doing his thing as the bandit leader who really made the movie watchable. His fiery overacting and stratospheric charisma always makes me laugh. Nora Orlandi's moody score is probably the best non-Morricone composition I've ever heard and adds a pinch of Gothic to the already dramatic imagery. The action sequences lacked the necessary suspense that one expects from a spaghetti western. They were sparse and abrupt in execution but still entertaining at the very least. However, the climatic showdown in the windy streets of a ghost town at twilight saved the film from a dour fate. It was in this scene that I could finally experience the blistering force of Django's angst. I concede that this sequence was a little drawn out but it was definitely among the most memorable spaghetti western face-offs complete with the textbook OTT deaths. The dim lighting is what makes this sequence beautiful and the rest of the movie is full of interesting camera techniques. The aforementioned showdown builds to a fine ending as the soundtrack's chilling vocals roar in the background. The script was okay. The romantic subplot involving Django and his girlfriend didn't really make me feel any stronger about the characters, instead it became mushy. Flashbacks would have been a better approach.An atmospheric but tepid affair, Guerrieri's pastafest will never make my top 20. However, it is gorgeously melodramatic and dreamlike, which both work in the film's favour. 6/10.

Wizard-8 I like spaghetti westerns - I'll watch any that cross my path and I'll almost certainly enjoy it. Though I have to admit that "10,000 For A Massacre" is one of the strangest spaghetti westerns I've seen in quite a while. There are some real surreal touches here and there, from the music to an often dreamy feeling generated by the director. The story is also unusual; while it more or less starts off with a standard spaghetti western premise, it eventually goes off in some unexpected directions. Nothing immediately wrong with that, but the story eventually gets to be a little boring , and you'll wonder why the hero doesn't just get down to business. The hero himself isn't totally likable, by the way, though he looks good compared to the villain played by Claudio Camaso (who is good.) While I wouldn't call this a GREAT spaghetti western, it may be of interest to spaghetti western fans who want to see something that somewhat different. I have to admit that despite those aforementioned flaws, it did in the end keep me interested right to the end.

KasparM Yet another unofficial Django sequel, or at least one of many westerns, post Corbucci's masterpiece, that have the main character named Django. Sadly, it's rather run of the mill and it failed to capture my attention in any major way. Gianni Garko, as Gary Hudson (a pseudonym representative of the creativity of the film), takes on the Django name as a bounty hunter who will learn to pay a steep price for his greed.I was reminded of the Hitchcock/Truffaut interviews (coincidentally published that same year) where they came to the conclusion that the "better the villain, the better the film." Henry Fonda in Once Upon A Time in the West, for instance, would be a great example of this. Unfortunately for us, Guerrieri did not seem to be too familiar with this concept; had he made a quick trip to the bookstore before starting the film, he might not have thought it such a splendid idea to put more mascara on the bad guy, than on the female lead. Sadly the appearance of the villain, Manuel, was not the only laughable thing and a lot of the supporting characters are as grotesque as they are dull. Garko also makes a poor Franco Nero replacement here, even though he is usually quite good in other movies.On a more positive note, the camera work is decent, there are a couple of fun shoot-outs and the locations are easy on the eye.

FightingWesterner Unprincipled bounty hunter Gianni Garko keeps tabs on an outlaw, hoping to cash in when his bounty finally reaches ten-thousand dollars. Unfortunately, he tips his hand and is almost killed, leading to an odd alliance between the two men and the inevitable massacre.Another pseudo-Django sequel, 10,000 Dollars For A Massacre is derivative, but fairly entertaining, as long as you don't stop and think about it too long.Character's motivations and decision making are often times quite strange. For instance, why does the bandit put so much trust in Garko and get angry at the attempt made on his life, especially after the bounty hunter tells him, in no uncertain terms, of his intention to cash in on the outlaw's bounty?Still, it's fast-paced and violent enough, with a good finale. The villain looks a lot like Gian Maria Volante in A Fistful Of Dollars and For A Few Dollars More and along with Garko, wears a lot of eyeliner too.