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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.

I gave this movie a 2 only because the dubbing into English was pretty good. Other than that: simplistic, unbelievable and amateurish. I watch these things only for the comic value while wondering why anyone would actually spend money producing it. I like westerns, but they have to have some semblance of reality. Apparently the director invented a whole new way of fighting when the two fighters with the steel hooks would dance around each other covering their faces. Very strange. And it was amazing that so many men could be shot with one bullet and just fall over dead. One even got stabbed in the stomach and just died instantly. Give me a break.

There are some positive things I can say about the spaghetti western "Hate Thy Neighbor". The colorful outdoor location shooting makes the movie look different than the average spaghetti western. The musical score, while not a classic of the genre, is tuneful enough. Eastman and Frank make a couple of charismatic villains. And the action sequences, from the hand-to-hand combat sequences to the shootouts are pretty energetic.

Unfortunately, despite all those positive things, the movie is almost ruined by two factors. One is the hero, played by Spiros Focas. He is not very charismatic, especially when placed before the movie's villains. He is also written to be a pretty boring hero, someone who needs assistance from a sidekick among other things. But a bigger problem is the movie's pacing. Between the (few) action sequences, the movie moves at a sluggish pace, and the story feels very boring.

So if you're not a spaghetti western fan, forget it. Even if you are a spaghetti western fan, don't seek it out. But if you are a spaghetti western fan AND you happen to come across it AND if you are pressed to watch something you haven't seen before... only then should you watch it.

In the long line of spaguetti westerns, this has a double right to belong to the genre: it is a product 'made in Italy', and it has enough ketchup blood on the 'pasta'. Besides a few shootings, the highlights that may make this rather unique is the 'classic' addition of iron-claws used in two duels to the death: one between two Mexican slaves for their masters pleasure; and one between two 'gringo' bandits for possession of a tract of land, and a woman. Either the filming, or the video copying, are so bad as to diminish greatly the original intended gore effect.

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.