classicsoncall Review of Texas, Adios

Texas, Adios (1966)

I'll give you a chance to get out, better take it."

[6/10 · 29 June 2021]

This is a commendable but rather standard entry in the spaghetti Western sub-genre; Franco Nero looks like he could be Clint Eastwood's Italian brother. It doesn't compute why Burt Sullivan (Nero) would have waited all those years to go after the man who killed his father, but that's the set up so go with it. Younger brother Jim (Alberto Dell'Acqua) tags along, and mid-story they become aware of a dark secret that could have complicated relationships all around, but doesn't change the inevitable outcome. Why this dragged along once Burt found out that Cisco Delgado (José Suárez) raped his mother is anyone's guess; the party Delgado threw for the brothers didn't make too much sense to this viewer knowing Burt's motivation. Simmering beneath the brothers' quarrel with Delgado is an impending revolt by the oppressed villagers against his iron fisted rule. Following the final showdown, only one brother makes it back to Texas, but for that you'll have to catch the movie.