Sergio by Quentin

Rating: 8/10 (18 April 2012)

Audacious, disjointed and self-indulgent but nonetheless tremendously enjoyable. Gloriously immature macho film-making created by square-eyed geeks - what is there not to like?
Littered with Leone references and essentially an exploitation version of Melville's Army of Shadows with a fantasy resolution, this is adolescent wish fulfillment cinema executed with verve and no shortage of chutzpah.
The opening sequence sets the bar high, and the rest of film does not always live up to it; Waltz's performance also dominates the characterization stakes leaving Pitt's looking like crude parody, but strangely it does all hang together and take the audience on a rollicking ride.