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Nice Spaghetti stars Ken Dakota : Spyros Focas to be aware his brother : Remo De Angelis, was killed by Gary Stevens : Luigi Montefiori or George Eastman , to get half a map about a valuable mine . But Stevens has a nasty partner and chief called Malone : Horst Frank, while arguing the whereabout the goldmine , Gary is tortured and hanged, the reason for he didn't get the map. Later on, Dakota leaves his beautiful wife : Nicoletta Machiavelli and sets out in pursuit of the villain enemies . As Dakota seeks for a merciless vengeance and along with an undertaker called Duke : Roberto Risso go to Mexico to find the killer Stevens and his colleague Malone, taking place a deadly game among them . Revenge has never been so Brutal !.

Interesting and trilling Spaghetti Western with various original ingredients as some violent fights among contenders wielding blood hooks, and two extremely nasty baddies : Horst Frank and Luigi Montefiori or George Eastman. Both of them steal the show as two ambitious criminals who will stop at nothing to get their purports : to take the map of the golden mine . In addition an enjoyable and likable relationship between the relenteless avenger Dakota and the sympathetic , boozy undertaker Duke . Stars the litte known Spyros Focas as the tough revenger who seeks justice and vendetta for his sibling. Support cast is acceptable with some familiar faces , such as the gorgeous Nicoletta Machiavelli, Roberto Rissi, Franco Fantasia, Remo de Angelis, among others.

It contains an atmospheric musical score in Ennio Morricone style by Robby Poitevin, including catching songs at the beginning and the end. As well as adequate cinematography in Eastmancolor by Enzo Serafin. The motion picture was well directed by the expert craftman Ferdinando Baldi. He was a good Italian professional filmmaker who wrote and made films of all kinds of genres, as Wartime : Warbus, The Ultimate Mission, Just a damned Soldier. Spaghetti or Pasta Western : Adios Texas, Rita of the West, Get Mean, Pistoleros of Ave Maria, Viva Django, Carambola, Crazy adventures of Len and Coby, Comin' at ya!. Peplum : Son of Cleopatra, Duel of Champions, Battle of Germany, In the Shadow of the Eagles . Adventures : The Tartars, Taras Bulba, Pedro Il Cruel, Saul and David, Pirates of the Green Island, Treasure of the 4 Crowns , among others. Rating : 6.5/10. Above average Ravioli Western thah will appeal to Spaghetti aficionados.

Along with the town undertaker, a Man follows his brother's killer (George Eastman) to Mexico, where sinister (and I mean sinister!) gringo Horst Frank forces his Mexican slaves to fight to the death using steel claws. Frank then sets his sights on Eastman's secret goldmine, holding him captive and torturing him until the justice seeking brother comes to take him away.

A fairly standard revenge plot is helped along nicely by some interesting ideas, unusual developments, and some fairly graphic violence, keeping things exciting and entertaining throughout.

Due to the crackpot nature of some of the film's plot elements, this seems more like a drive-in movie than a spaghetti western.

Horst Frank is a lot of fun to watch as the deranged, yet urbane bad guy, while George Eastman is good and nasty too. However, the hero is too bland and cardboard. You don't really feel anything about him, one way or another.

This Eurowestern has a solid revenge storyline that holds your interest from start to finish. Horst Frank is fantastic in the role of the cool as a cucumber villain Chris Malone. George Eastman also gives a great performance as Malone's enforcer/partner. The score is typical of the genre, which to me, since I really dig spaghetti western music, means that it is excellent even if it doesn't rank among the very best. There is a little bit of that annoying kind of unfunny comic relief in this one, but thankfully just a very small amount. The overall feeling here is brutal and dark. And it has a bit of that spaghetti western strangeness that I love so much. I would have given this movie a 7 1/2 if I could have. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's great even if it isn't "one of the greats." I highly recommend it if you are really into these movies like I am.

"Hate Thy Neighbour" combines the classic Spaghetti revenge scenario, with the regular Spaghetti "map" tale. The story centres around Ken Dakota's search for the murderer of his brother, who was killed by bandit Gary Stevens, at the behest of Mexican land owner Chris Malone, for a goldmine map. Stevens tears the map in two, and gives Malone half, spiralling into a running feud of double crosses between the two, whilst Dakota attempts to bring the men responsible for his brothers death to justice.

This is a really enjoyable Spaghetti Western, albeit with the odd moment of corny dialogue. It includes some really exciting moments, such as peasants and bandits duelling with metal claws for Malone's pleasure, torture by hanging over a pit of snakes, and some very talented bandito musicianship! My experiences to date have highlighted that Director Baldi can come up with some great movies (Blindman, Viva Django) and some absolute turkeys (Get Mean and, so I've heard, Rita of the West). Hate Thy Neighbour doesn't hit the highs of Blindman by any means, but is certainly an enjoyable view, with George Eastman (as Stevens) and Horst Frank (Malone) putting in good roles, and the plot having some quality twists and turns.

Not the easiest of movies to get your hands on, but certainly worth the effort if you are a fan of the Spaghetti genre.

Ken Dakota seeks revenge for the killing of his brother Bill and wife. In his search for the murderers he runs into conflict with the evil Mexican land owner Chris Malone (Horst Frank) who lets peasants fight against each other for pure pleasure. The plot isn't straight and simple and more often than not it is difficult to find any serious reason for what is going on. E.g. why putting Eastman over a snake pit. If he dies everything is lost and he won't talk anyways. Well, there is the reason of maintaining a constant flow of carcasses. Despite the rather violent and dark plot with various scenes of torture the film is beautifully shot in a nice landscape with lakes and waterfalls in front of a blue sky. Often the violence is accompanied by nice music and even the villains prove to be skilled musicians. This generates a strange contrast. George Eastman acts with pleasure and Horst Frank plays a credible villain. Nicoletta Machiavelli has definitely some problems with her role.

The film is pretty long for a Spaghetti Western and able to entertain as long as the viewer doesn't care about the plot. It seems to be filmed in 4:3 format.