Review of Death Walks in Laredo

DEATH WALKS IN LAREDO is a bizarrely-plotted spaghetti western shot in Algeria. The story has a lightness of touch to it which is reminiscent of the 'three fantastic supermen' films that came to dominate Italian cinema in the late 1960s. The heroes are three 'brothers', one of whom is a French hypnotist, the next your stock gunslinger, and the third a Japanese karate fighter. The latter character is played by a youthful James Shigeta, best known as Mr. Takagi in DIE HARD. The brothers go up against a crazed villain who models himself on Julius Caesar and who has built himself a palace in the desert - it's that kind of movie. There's little here you haven't seen before, and it's a bit of a chore at times, but generally this is acceptable fare.