An early Golan-Globus effort to jump on the by then already exhausted "Spaghetti Western" bandwagon, God's Gun packs all the punch of a wet sponge. In the first reel, Van Cleef's gunshy "Father John" character gets bushwacked by Jack Palance's gang of Wild West Italians and shot about a gazillion times, prompting Leif Garrett to go wandering around the Negev until he finds the dead padre's gunslinger brother "Lewis" (also Van Cleef.)
This leads to a couple of rather silly flashbacks and a long series of scenes ripped off from much better spaghetti westerns. But, believe it or not, there are a few good things about the movie. Leif Garrett is struck dumb for most of the film, thus sparing us from actually having to listen to him. Palance overacts so egregiously he nearly becomes a cartoon, which is kind of fun to watch. The always reliable Richard Boone shows up for about three scenes as the cowardly town sheriff and the always lovely Sybil Danning plays Garret's mom, the owner of the town saloon / cathouse.
Does this make God's Gun worth watching? Well, it's better than being dipped in honey and staked out on an anthill. But only just.
This leads to a couple of rather silly flashbacks and a long series of scenes ripped off from much better spaghetti westerns. But, believe it or not, there are a few good things about the movie. Leif Garrett is struck dumb for most of the film, thus sparing us from actually having to listen to him. Palance overacts so egregiously he nearly becomes a cartoon, which is kind of fun to watch. The always reliable Richard Boone shows up for about three scenes as the cowardly town sheriff and the always lovely Sybil Danning plays Garret's mom, the owner of the town saloon / cathouse.
Does this make God's Gun worth watching? Well, it's better than being dipped in honey and staked out on an anthill. But only just.