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3.0 out of 5 stars
Anthony Steffen, Italy's Clint Eastwood, May 30, 2008
This review is from: Gentleman Killer (Spaghetti Western Collection Vol. 13) (DVD)
..in this case Anthony Steffen is the "Gentleman Killer". A film to be liked or disliked, depending on the individual watching. There is a good plot for the slaying of Steffen's brother, a good music score, directed by Ennio Morricone, plenty of gunplay and action...not so great video transfer, "letterbox version", - not 16x9 widescreen, and the fighting and shooting choreography seems to lack good direction. This spaghetti does have some western extraordinary, "classic" moments, making the film for collectors worth the price of admission, rating it 3 stars for the not so good Wild East video transfer and the thin letterbox version.
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9 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
A warning about Wild East Entertainment, March 31, 2007
This review is from: Gentleman Killer (Spaghetti Western Collection Vol. 13) (DVD)
I am a Spaghetti Western fan. Because of this I decided to purchase a number of rather rare films on DVD by Wild East Entertainment. One of films was "Gentleman Killer."
The first DVD I recieved was the Lee Van Cleef classic Day of Anget. It had some major problems. I ordered the disc BRAND NEW from amazon directly and the disc contained many DEEP scratches, fingerprint smudges, and the center of the disc was even cracked. I sent the disc back to get a replacement. The second disc I recieved was also scratched badly. I'm not sure who is in charge of making these Wild Eest Entertainment discs but holy hell, give me a break! For brand new discs they look and play like a an ex-rental that had been used as a frisbee. I sent the disc back for a second time because the film skipped. The third disc I recieved...what a surprise...was also really scratched. Enough is enough! How many times do I have to send a disc back in order to get a disc that is in LIKE NEW condition and plays fine!
That was only the first problem I had with a Wild East disc. I also ordered the DVDs Sartana and Gentleman Killer. I will say up front that I have a normal television (not some fancy widescreen TV) and a normal high quality Sony DVD player. When I played either one of those DVDs...the image come up scruntched on my TV. It's not like I have a widescreen TV playing non-anamorphic discs. I have a normal everyday TV. I emailed Wild East Entertainment about the problem and they eventually responded that it was a manufacturing defect on their part and the person has to switch their DVD player manually to 16x9 to play properly on their TV. Sadly I was unable to do this on my DVD player and the company offered my money back if I sent back the discs along with my amazon receipt. I sent the DVD to them. It's been months and I have not recieved any refund and they refuse to email me back. They took my DVDs and never sent me a refund and refuse to answer my letters and emails. I have NEVER been treated so poorly and they basically robbed me of $40.
The "Matalo!" DVD also has some extremely poor encoding but I assume I warned potential buyers enough about "Wild East Entertainment". I respect the work they are trying to do by releasing hard to find Spaghetti Westerns but they need to shape up or ship out. Releasing defective discs that are poorly manufactured (like the Day of Anger disc) is upsetting. Their customer service promising refunds that never arrive and ignoring emails and letters is childish. It's a shame because I bought a LOT of their DVD's but the defective discs and their customer service giving false promises ensures that I will NEVER buy another one of their products again.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
No review, but some FYI!, December 14, 2010
This review is from: Gentleman Killer (Spaghetti Western Collection Vol. 13) (DVD)
This is just a quick note for anyone that is interested in obataining a copy of this film.
As of 12.14.10 amazon has only four copies of this film left. After these four copies are gone, it is probably gone for good as there were a strict limited run of these and it has gone out of print.
So, by all means pick this up asap. It is worth owning a copy. Sorry to take up review space, but when I found out it was/is about to be gone for good I ordered a copy two days ago.
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