Cjamango

Tellingly for the quality of the film, the German print I watched was retitled DJANGO - CROSSES IN BLOODY SAND. Yes you guessed right, this is one of those "countless Django knock offs" that many know about and bring up every time DJANGO is discussed, but few brave dare to sit through. Obviously shot on a shoe-string budget, it's a rudimentary affair with this Mulargia guy going for simple hackneyed efficiency (ie. getting a film in the can in two weeks), he's not making high art. Cjamango the titular gunslinger wins the hard earned gold of a greasy Mexican bandit in cards but before he has time to savour his win, he gets robbed by a bunch of crooks. The rest of the movie sees Cjamango trying to get revenge and his gold back. There's also a love interest, an annoying child that follows him around (a social commentary on the plight of celebrities perhaps?) and the occasional shootout that spices things up, but it's all too workmanlike to register. Of note is Ivan Rassimov in the titular role. He would go on to play the baddie in several Italian thrillers (the infamous gialli) but with his mesmeric stare, he's just as good as the gunslinger.

The most memorable thing about this SLIGHTLY above average movie from the Django wave is that the anti-hero takes care, albeit somewhat unwillingly, of a little boy who admires him. Among the countless Spaghetti shoot-outs, you wouldn't find another quote from Shane so easily, I presume. Rada Rassimov you may remember from "Django the Bastard" gets a good part in this cast again.

This is what many say, and they are right. What to make money, then kill you and relive for revenge: Django. We fought two gangs in a village and see a great shooter, and everyone wants: A Fistful of Dollars. I like the music, the actor (Ivan Rassimov) is great in this role. If you have something to plagiarize, plagiarize any better. Here we see from the name of the protagonist to the situation of two warring gangs are tucked in history, to harness the pull of both Django and A Fistful of Dollars. Surely shot with very little budget, whether it reaches the level that many situations that occur in the movie are not displayed, only counted in the mouth of someone in order to avoid further costs, the lack of a stronger script converts the tape into a Ida and goings of the protagonist, many shootings of the two bands come to no story, and that no one really knows how many men have each side, since it seems that in every firefight killed almost everyone, but in the next to see the same number of principle.Here it is seen as a positive criticism, with the negative. That if the child squeaking too ... if you like spaghetti westerns, this is a film that follows the parameters of the genre, and at least entertain you. If you are more demanding, or try, Buckie ... 9/10(9,1)

I quite often don't expect too much usually in spaguetti western Cjamango isn't exception, just a strong violence without purpose, despite the plot to be a mess, with many twist in same time barely baseless, about a female presence required in every movie had just only one in so puritanical who came from some covent, long skirt and well covered shirt remains nothing to show, it' a crying shame indeed, very confuse split in two gangs who fight each other for gold, Cjamango try to be an Clint eastwood's cover, rough and dull, highly disappointed!!

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First watch: 2018 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 5

Sean Todd (aka Ivan Rassimov) stars in this little known spaghetti western as Cjamango, one of the countless Django-like gunfighters who roamed the Italian west. He's seeking a gold treasure that he won in a poker game which was immediately hijacked by El Tigre and Don Pedro (Pierro Lulli and Lorenzo Livion). Helping him along his way is the mysterious stranger Clint (Mickey Hargitay), an orphan (Giusva), and the beautiful Pearl (Helene Chanel). This one has a higher body count than usual, and among them are some of the good guys. Chanel rather resembles Rada Rassimov (Ivan's sister) who played Maria in THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY, but contrary to rumor, they are not one and the same. Livion is the guy underneath the pillow in a scene he shares with Lee Van Cleef in that movie, so the film abounds with spaghetti veterans. The music is great, trumpets and guitars, and the final scene is nicely choreographed. One of the best middle-grade Eurowesterns, and a nice widescreen transfer by Wild East.