A neglected masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (2 March 2003)

Sergio Leone was the director of some of the finest Westerns ever made, but even though he directed the man with no name trilogy and "Once Upon a Time in the West," "Duck You Sucker" remains an obscure title. I feel it is his best film, surpassing even OUATITW is ins richness and complexity. It's a tale of friendship, commitment, and revolution, in which Irish republican on the run Coburn (Sean) slowly draws unwilling outlaw Steiger (Juan) into the Mexican Revolution. The acting is superb, the photography stunning, and the lessons on revolution and its costs unlike those of any other film. Released in the U.S. only in a severely edited form, it is sadly unavailable on DVD or even VCR. 10 out of 10.