It's doesn't stand out as much as the other Spaghetti Westerns movies, I have watch. Its story doesn't seem that interesting at first glance, but it is, once you get into it.
The dusty looking Spaghetti western "The Bounty Killer," known also as "The Ugly Ones," ranks as an above-average, Italian-made oater with the prolific Tomas Milian as a charismatic outlaw and Richard Wyler as a bounty hunter. "Bad Man's River" director Eugenio Martín, along with genre pioneers José Gutiérrez Maesso of "Minnesota Clay" and James Donald Prindle of "Gunfight at Red Sands," did something entirely different from most Spaghetti westerns.
¨The ugly ones¨ is a terrific example of the spaghetti western genre from Spain. Offbeat Paella-Spaghetti Western co-produced between Spain and Italy .
Bounty killer Luke Chilson makes it his business to bring in escaped bandit Jose Gomez. Gomez flees to a small settlement on the Mexican border pursued by Chilson, who is treated with contempt by the townsfolk because of how he earns his living.
Great opening and closing shots, and everything wonderful in between as the camera captures both the wide open spaces and the claustrophobic confines of the station and its various buildings where much of the action in THE UGLY ONES takes place.For a change well drawn characters rather than a catalogue of stock figures that you expect in a western.
Along with El Hombre que mató a Billy el Niño (1967), Condenados a vivir (1972), and a few other, El precio de un hombre (1966) is one of the best "Spanish" or "Iberian" westerns (written or directed by a Spanish filmmaker). Most of these films have tended to be overlooked next to the flashy and flamboyant Italian variant, which is unfortunate as they have a narrative coherency all their own that is well worth a look at.
Released as "The Ugly Ones" this is a highly overrated italian western. Its slow (not interestingly so), Badly Filmed (although the print I saw was damaged) , Diabolical acting that even bad dubbing does not take away from and a plodding plot that the saturday b serial westerns of the 1940's would have been proud of.
This one starts out slow but gets good. It is reportedly Tomas Milian's first western.
Eugenio Martin's THE BOUNTY KILLER is another of those really impressive & highly professionally made overlooked Italian spaghetti western classics. Regardless of genre this is a highly entertaining film, imaginatively staged & filmed with stylistic flourish by "Trinity" creator Enzo Barboni.
