During the first few minutes, the movie seems to be a comedy, introducing Double Whiskey (Roberto Camardiel) and the lazy gunman Arizona Colt (Anthony Steffen) who does not even pick up a job for a lot of money. Yet it soon turns into a serious and violent western, a typical production for its time and the genre debut of "Mannaja" director Sergio Martino. Intended to be a sequel to "Arizona Colt" with Giuliano Gemma, it has little in common with the earlier movie, since Anthony Steffen plays a slower, darker, heavier type of character. But nonetheless, there is nothing really new in here. Steffen returns from the dead like he did in "Django il bastardo", he steals the gold from the bandits' hiding-spot like Franco Nero did in "Django", he is saved by his dying girlfriend in the same manner as John Garko in "Per 100,000 dollari t'ammazzo", leaves a ridiculous amount of corpses behind like Clint Eastwood in "For A Few Dollars More" and the movie was shot at the same location as "Pochi dollari per Django", another Steffen western. But "Arizona si scatenò... e li fece fuori tutti" plays its cards with a straight face, keeps all genre trademarks intact and doesn't disappoint anyone, I presume. The good cast includes Aldo Sambrell as boss of the bandits and Rosalba Neri as his wicked lover.
Review of Arizona Colt, Hired Gun
