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Classic spaghetti western starring Burt Reynolds. After destroying an Indian village, a group of outlaws led by Duncan (Aldo Sambrell) arrives in the town of Esperanza, and is hired by a crooked doctor to carry out a train robbery. But the sole survivor from the Indian village, a renegade Navajo named Joe (Reynolds), foils the plan by relocating the money. An irate Duncan holds an innocent Indian girl hostage until Joe surrenders. The brave citizens of Esperanza, under siege by the bandits, risk their lives to free Joe, who is their only hope of surviving.
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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful
By TimmyC
Format:DVD
Navajo Joe stars a young Burt Reynolds and is directed by Sergio Corbucci.
It is one of the best spaghetti westerns and Reynolds is good in the leading role, the score by Ennio Morricone is excellent and the action scenes are well directed by corbucci. Reccomended to all western fans and newcomers to the genre.
The dvd has a very good 16:9 transfer, sadly the only extra is a trailer.
Completists note the film has been cut by 6 seconds to remove cruel horsefalls and a cockfight. An uncut dvd is available region 1.
It is one of the best spaghetti westerns and Reynolds is good in the leading role, the score by Ennio Morricone is excellent and the action scenes are well directed by corbucci. Reccomended to all western fans and newcomers to the genre.
The dvd has a very good 16:9 transfer, sadly the only extra is a trailer.
Completists note the film has been cut by 6 seconds to remove cruel horsefalls and a cockfight. An uncut dvd is available region 1.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Despite being directed by Django, Companeros and The Great Silence's Sergio Corbucci, Navajo Joe is a rather flat and average Italian Western that would probably be as hard to find today as many of his other lesser westerns if it weren't for an early starring role for Burt Reynolds. Unfortunately Reynolds hadn't quite harnessed his movie star mojo in 1966 and merely makes an adequate rather than iconic hero as the Navajo seeking revenge on Aldo Sambrell's gang of scalphunters who murdered his wife and child. After stealing a train and its $500,000 cargo from them after they kill both the soldiers guarding it and all the passengers, women and babes in arms included, he finds himself rather ineffectually defending a town of second generation immigrants that hates him for not being a proper `American' and going through all the genre staples - picking off the bad guys two-by-two or one-by-one (for no good reason Sambrell never sends enough men to do the job of killing him properly), getting captured and tortured, escaping with the help of the meekest of the supporting cast and finishing off the rest of the baddies.
In principle there's everything you need for a decent actioner here, but it doesn't quite play out that way. None of it is terribly imaginative and the action only sporadically well handled, which may well be a sign of the behind the camera tension. Reynolds reputedly only signed because he thought Sergio Leone was directing and hated every minute of the production and never made any secret of his contempt for the film while Corbucci only signed because he thought Marlon Brando was starring, and at times you can definitely tell that this is a film the two are only making because they're under contract.... Read more ›
In principle there's everything you need for a decent actioner here, but it doesn't quite play out that way. None of it is terribly imaginative and the action only sporadically well handled, which may well be a sign of the behind the camera tension. Reynolds reputedly only signed because he thought Sergio Leone was directing and hated every minute of the production and never made any secret of his contempt for the film while Corbucci only signed because he thought Marlon Brando was starring, and at times you can definitely tell that this is a film the two are only making because they're under contract.... Read more ›
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Burt Reynolds is great as a Navajoe indian hunting down a gang of ruthless bandits who murdered his wife and wiped out his entire tribe.
Director Sergio Corbucci (Django, Great Silence) as usual gives us a solid film with fine action and a lively story to keep us all entertained.
Ennio Morricone scores the film and it is one of his best!!
Director Sergio Corbucci (Django, Great Silence) as usual gives us a solid film with fine action and a lively story to keep us all entertained.
Ennio Morricone scores the film and it is one of his best!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Despite being directed by Django, Companeros and The Great Silence's Sergio Corbucci, Navajo Joe is a rather flat and average Italian Western that would probably be as hard to find today as many of his other lesser westerns if it weren't for an early starring role for Burt Reynolds. Unfortunately Reynolds hadn't quite harnessed his movie star mojo in 1966 and merely makes an adequate rather than iconic hero as the Navajo seeking revenge on Aldo Sambrell's gang of scalphunters who murdered his wife and child. After stealing a train and its $500,000 cargo from them after they kill both the soldiers guarding it and all the passengers, women and babes in arms included, he finds himself rather ineffectually defending a town of second generation immigrants that hates him for not being a proper `American' and going through all the genre staples - picking off the bad guys two-by-two or one-by-one (for no good reason Sambrell never sends enough men to do the job of killing him properly), getting captured and tortured, escaping with the help of the meekest of the supporting cast and finishing off the rest of the baddies.
In principle there's everything you need for a decent actioner here, but it doesn't quite play out that way. None of it is terribly imaginative and the action only sporadically well handled, which may well be a sign of the behind the camera tension. Reynolds reputedly only signed because he thought Sergio Leone was directing and hated every minute of the production and never made any secret of his contempt for the film while Corbucci only signed because he thought Marlon Brando was starring, and at times you can definitely tell that this is a film the two are only making because they're under contract.... Read more ›
In principle there's everything you need for a decent actioner here, but it doesn't quite play out that way. None of it is terribly imaginative and the action only sporadically well handled, which may well be a sign of the behind the camera tension. Reynolds reputedly only signed because he thought Sergio Leone was directing and hated every minute of the production and never made any secret of his contempt for the film while Corbucci only signed because he thought Marlon Brando was starring, and at times you can definitely tell that this is a film the two are only making because they're under contract.... Read more ›
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I know some critics liked this film, which is why I bought it -
as for me, it really wasn't worth the time spent watching -
long past its sell-by date.
as for me, it really wasn't worth the time spent watching -
long past its sell-by date.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Bob Serigala
Format:DVD
This is certainly one of the better Spaghetti Western. Unusual for this genre, the hero in this film is an Indian, and played well by Burt Reynolds in one of his early parts. Spaghetti-Western-Background-Thug Aldo Sammbrell is a great villain and Ennio Morricone's score is excellent. Directed by the second best Sergio of Italien Horse-operas, Sergio Corbucci. Although it has been cut for animal cruelty, it's still highly recommended
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Mr Megadude
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I've been scalped twice - yes, they grew back my flesh so they could wound me over - by a censor and then by a swindler! The Western Classics 'Navajo Joe' DVD I was sent is rated 15 on the DVD box, exactly the same as the picture of the DVD's front cover on this Amazon page; yet, the actual DVD is only rated PG.
Am I splitting hairs? No, I don't think so: one of the top five reasons I enjoy spaghetti westerns is the violence. Messing with my film watching in this way is no different to, say, replacing the Ennio Morricone music with the 'Hamster Dance'. I want the "strong violence, some bloody" that the censors promise. I want the violence for which this film is famous. I don't want to watch this film with my daughter; that is not why I ordered it.
Western Classics should really be more honest. Or maybe just more careful. Either way, they should label their products more accurately.
Am I splitting hairs? No, I don't think so: one of the top five reasons I enjoy spaghetti westerns is the violence. Messing with my film watching in this way is no different to, say, replacing the Ennio Morricone music with the 'Hamster Dance'. I want the "strong violence, some bloody" that the censors promise. I want the violence for which this film is famous. I don't want to watch this film with my daughter; that is not why I ordered it.
Western Classics should really be more honest. Or maybe just more careful. Either way, they should label their products more accurately.
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