I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death

I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death (Sono Sartana, Il Vostro Becchino)(1969)

Runtime: 104 minutes

Directed by: Giuliano Carnimeo

Starring: Gianni Garko, Frank Wolff, Ettore Manni, Sal Borgese, Klaus Kinski

From: Several Italian companies

Earlier this year I've seen two of the Sartana Spaghetti Western films via Arrow Video's streaming site; both were fun and as (once again) someone on a messageboard mentioned having seen some of those themselves, it was perfect and also served as a nice change of pace as it's been awhile since any Spaghetti Westerns have been seen with my eyes.

Thankfully, this second entry in the series was also a pretty good time and was not quite as convoluted as the original. Someone disguises themselves as Sartana and is the lead of a daring bank heist; the real deal discovers this and the unfortunate side effect of everyone trying to collect the large bounty on his head. The crux of the action is a plethora of different shootouts but that's all good as many are creatively done and in a franchise trope, Sartana has no shortage of different ways to pull out his small 4 barrel pistol and off many SOB's.

This has what you'd expect from the genre, from the tone and setting to groovy music and many different shades of gray. In addition, there are some faces I recognized, from Dolph doppelganger Gordon Mitchell (it was basically a cameo) to probable real life villain Klaus Kinski, in a different role from his appearance in the first movie. As I stated previously, I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death-as it's commonly referred to-is a pretty good time. It even provided some laughs, none bigger than a hard cut done to a preview of this world's version of Las Vegas... not only does it come out of nowhere, how this town is portrayed is completely different from anything else and it's just a gas.