MANNAJA: A MAN CALLED BLADE (1977)

[The Burgomaster]

This is a spaghetti western released on DVD by Blue Underground.  One of the reasons I bought it is it claims to have uncut "infamous eyeball torture scenes."  These eyeball torture scenes consist of a guy buried up to his neck in the sand with his eyelids pinned open so that the sun will blind him.  Pretty tame stuff and it only lasts for a minute or two. 



The hero uses pistols and tomahawks to battle his enemies.  One guy gets his hand chopped off and doesn't even require medical assistance.

As you can see by the cover art, the guy looks like a cross between CROCODILE DUNDEE and INDIANA JONES (but MANNAJA was made before either of those movies).  In some scenes, he reminded me of Gene Wilder in BLAZING SADDLES.

Overall, this is just an average western.  It's not extremely violent, interesting, or original, (and it has a really weird/dumb theme song sung by a guy with a deep, echoing voice) so don't put it high on your "must see" list unless you are a huge spaghetti western fan.

And in case anyone cares, British actor John Steiner (SHOCK / BEYOND THE DOOR II; THE DEVIL WITHIN HER) is the villain. 

Directed by Sergio Martino (MOUNTAIN OF THE CANNIBAL GOD; SCREAMERS; 2019: AFTER THE FALL OF NEW YORK)

[Mr. DS]

I reviewed this one awhile back.  It wasn't the best out of the genre seeing it was one of the last films.  Still, it wasn't the worst either.  The soundtrack is what killed me though.