Review of Seven Dollars to Kill

This Italian western is interesting only for its tragic finale and for the great score by Francesco De Masi.Cardone's direction is flat and only the final shot shows some kind of inspiration. 7 DOLLARI SUL ROSSO is a fine example of the Italian western although i have seen much better movies of the genre. It's really noteworthy to say that this film has nothing to do with the majority of the Italian westerns.It reminded me a little of IL GRANDE SILENZIO.The hero is a man with no future and it is crystal clear that the ending will be sad. His main aim is to find his lost son who was stolen by the bad Fernando Sancho when he was a baby.The hero, who is played by Antony Steffen, is spending all his life to find him and when he succeeds on doing it, he finds out that his son has become a cruel and pitiless criminal.Here we come to the tragic end, a very well made sequence with the father and son in the final confrontation.