VHS : Dollar for the Dead
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starring: Emilio Estevez, William Forsythe, Joaquim de Almeida, Jonathan Banks, Howie Longdirected by: Gene Quintano
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780780625440
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
ISBN: 0780625447
Label: Turner Home Ent
Manufacturer: Turner Home Ent
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Turner Home Ent
Release Date: October 05, 1999
Running Time: 94 minutes
Sales Rank: 18427
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Theatrical Release Date: October 11, 1998
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Amazon.com:
The shaded face of a mysterious stranger fills the screen as a gunslinger enters the saloon deep in the background. A bright but plaintive trumpet moans out a melody to the accompaniment of a strumming guitar. The stranger drops his shot glass and fires, catching the drink before it hits the floor. Ah, the operatic excess of the spaghetti Western... But wait, is that Emilio Estevez hiding under that Spanish brim? Gene Quintano's made-for-cable homage to the mercenary Westerns of Sergio Leone and his ilk doesn't have the wide screen, the Spanish deserts, or the magnetic, squinting presence of Clint Eastwood (Estevez is a poor substitute by any standard), but his dusty plains and cinematic swagger make for a fun little genre picture. Borrowing story elements from A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (among others), Quintano tosses bounty hunters, treasure hunters, renegade soldiers, and a posse out for revenge into a busy tale of good and evil in the American Southwest. Quintano soon tosses the measured pacing of Leone for a rat-a-tat-tat narrative sparkled with trappings of John Woo: flying bodies in slow motion, unending hails of bullets pouring through six-shooters, and a one-man killing machine taking on small armies single-handedly. It won't replace the Eastwood-Leone classics, but it's a surprisingly fun tribute that strikes just the right balance between reverence and grandiloquence. --Sean Axmaker
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - This isn't Young Guns
Emilio Estevez is a great actor but this role wasn't for him. If you want a spaghetti western, stick with Eastwood.
Rating:  - Love Estevez, but this film really is quite dreadful. Avoid like the plague.
Emilio Estevez was great as Billy the Kid in Young Guns. His trademark laugh was an instant classic. Seeing him in another western was something I could not pass up. So I purchased Dollar for the Dead for only £3.
The DVD box did not bode well however. Referring to `Clint East Wood', Leone and Woo on the back told me that this film was looking to borrow from them to satisfy us. Well, never mind, a homage could be good fun. I managed to watch the whole film, but it was unfortunately ... Read More
Rating:  - Dollar For The Dead
At least we all agree on one thing about this movie, it is not dull.
Of what I can recall of (Dollar For The Dead), it has a lot of shoot'em up action, which for some strange reason 'impressed the socks off of me'.
At any rate, is a downer to see that right now it's coded a (Region 2). I do hope in the very near future that it will also have (Region 1) so it can be played on a regular DVD Player. Guess I'll have to wait til that one day comes....unfortunately. Oh well, thems the breaks. ... Read More
Rating:  - Great Western!! Emilio Estevez rules!!
This is a great western starring Emilio Estevez that's reminiscent of the Clint Eastwood 60's Spaghetti Western flicks.It's a must see!!
Rating: - How could a movie that rips off Woo, Leone and Raimi be bad?
That's what I asked myself. It's got a Leone story (along with a 100% authentic imitation Morricone score), Woo action (the opening nightclub scene ripped COMPLETELY out of The Killer) and tries its best to have Raimi energy. But if you're going to be "inspired" or use an "homage", it should be to compliment a story and the story's characters; not build them.
A man with no name (ugh) gets involved with a one-legged ex-confederate soldier who's on the hunt for three pieces of a map that'll ... Read More
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