Customer Reviews

Fistful of Lead [VHS]

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4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(4)
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I bought this film ...for a laugh, but was actually kinda surprised that it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. It's still a rip-off of both Leone's 'Fistful of Dollars' and 'For a Few Dollars More', but is mildly entertaining for spaghetti western fans. Still, it should have been titled under it's other moniker, 'Trade Your Pistol in for a Coffin'

Originally titled "C'è Sartana... vendi la pistola e comprati la bara" (or, "I Am Sartana...Trade Your Guns for a Coffin"), this is one of the many sequels to the wildly successful "Sartana." Alas, this is also one of the hundreds of absolutely, positively terrible-in-every-way spaghetti westerns: bad acting, bad production values, bad writing, and just generally a bad idea. The director, Giuliano Carmineo, is responsible for such later dreck as "Death Warriors" and "Poker in Bed." The writer, Tito Carpi, is best known for such bottom-feeder material as "Thor, the Conqueror" and the deathless "Buck at the Edge of Heaven" (no joke). And its stars, George Hilton and Charles Southwood (whose penultimate film was "She No Longer Talks She Shoots"--again, no joke), are pale reflections in a cloudy mirror on a rainy day of Clint Eastwood and Franco Nero. In short, a relentlessly bad parodic western made by a cast and crew who specialized in exploitation flicks (mainly horror)--and fun only as a lark or a lesson in how cinema will, eventually, make anything by anybody, if someone thinks it will earn them a buck.

this movie was great, the dubbing was real bad but who cares, if you like westerns you'll like this movie, awesome gun play and bad acting make it fun to watch. The ending showdown is must see, I laugh every time i watch it.

This is a great spaghetti western!!! It's full of that classic spaghetti action and comedy!!! It's nice to see these classics on DVD, but this movie deserves much,much better!!! The three star rating is for the movie, not the DVD, which looks like a SLP VHS tape!!! The picture is terrible, well, for a DVD anyway!!! But the sound is actually good, still this DVD is pretty bad. This DVD is not widescreen either and the picture is severely cropped!!!

I'm a big fan of spaghetti westerns, especially all the ones that recently came out on DVD. However, I have to say this is by far the shoddiest transfer to DVD that I've seen. It looks like they worked off a poor tape copy instead of the original master, or maybe the master was damaged. A real disappointment. The movie itself is OK, but it's not in the same league as a "Keoma" or a "Texas Adios". Avoid at all cost !!!

This movie should be sent free and have a $20.00 bill enclosed. The film quality is extremely poor, it is the worst sound dubbing I have encountered so far and the acting is not worth talking about. Stick with the Trinity movies and you can't go wrong.

this is a great spaghetti western starring the ever reliable george hilton,although this dvd would have been better under its original title of SARTANAS HERE TRADE YOUR PISTOL FOR A COFFIN,but hey maybe that was to long a title !! hilton is sartana a bounty hunter always looking for killers so as to collect rewards,hes confronted by his old friend sabbath,all guns blaze as these 2 guys square up .... the results are a cracking guns blazing spaghetti western action for all to enjoy.and for $...you cant go wrong,in fullscreen only but the quality is surprisingly good for this budget disc.i recommend this dvd !!

Classic spaghetti western here...as other's have pointed out, bad acting, bad production & sound, et cetera. Exactly what you expect from the genre. Before buying this, however, try to find the Wild West ten movie pack - Fistful of Lead is included (along with nine other "gems").

Fistful of Lead (AKA I Am Sartana, Trade Your Guns for a Coffin) is a very pedestrian effort. Although it was better than, for example, the much better known Sabata, the filmmakers are obviously not trying very hard.

The movie is another retread of superhuman gunfighters chasing after gold in the west, which was the story of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly and countless other imitators. This time, the hero, played by George Hilton, is without charisma, does not look tough, and does not look like a cowboy. There are a few cleverly thought out gun tricks and the sexy female lead, Erika Blanc, is easy on the eyes, but otherwise the only fun I had with this one was trying to pick out actors I had seen in other spaghetti westerns (it has the villian from the Stranger's Gundown in a bit part). One specific thing that really bothered me, as a dedicated western fan, I appreciate it when filmmakers go the extra mile to make their movies historically accurate. Of course, with a B-list oater like this one, that is of course expecting too much, but in one scene, a thug pulls a switchblade on a saloonkeeper. I don't think an anachronism of this magnitude reflects just a general laziness of the people involved in the film, but also a complete disregard for the audience in general.

I have heard it described as a comedy, and although the tone is light, I wouldn't compare it to the Trinity movies or anything.

The presentation is washed out pan and scan. It doesn't look very good, but if you're accustomed to BCI's public domain movies, you won't be bothered by it. Extras include a washed out 1930's Warner Bros. cartoon. It was better than the movie, but completely unrelated. Other extras are a movie trivia game, with questions about Apocalypse Now and other vastly superior movies, a glossary of technical DVD terms (something every spaghetti western fan needs LOL), and DVD-ROM extras that I couldn't get to work on my computer.

This movie is pretty much a turkey, so I encourage genre fans to buy this or any really cheap version of the movie you can find, because it is NOT worth spending a lot of money on. Non-genre fans stay away.

Western with lots of cool characters, lines and stunts.

The lead character is based on an Eastwood character, but does okay. He and another "tough" gunman - who always carries a lady's parasol (hilarious) - are hired to watch a gold shipment. Plenty of gunfighting, stunt-shooting, and dead-pan lines.