A well choreographed but fairly silly bar room brawl ensues but it works because it is kept mercifully short by genre standards. Hawkins notes that, "within one week these two young men have made a shambles of this state's economic, ecclesiastic and executive power." Since they are still 'wanted' men, Ben agrees to pull off a carefully planned bank job that will effectively allow the pair to retire. Supplements: Image gallery, three trailers and an alternate opening credits sequence Sometimes lazy but always mischievous and reckless, Hill's show-off characters usually possess a desire to effect good deeds or a weakness for subscribing to flawed money-making schemes that ultimately prompt the need for heroic acts from Spencer's characters, who generally wind up giving away or losing whatever money they have managed to save for their early retirement fund. Quickly browse titles in our catalog based on the ones you have picked. Released in 1972, Michele Lupo's Ben and Charlie is one such film. Ben and Charlie rates: There are some genuinely funny moments in this film (the Federale guards' bemused reactions to Ben and Charlie's reunion, Ben coming to Charlie's rescue dressed in a toga made from a Confederate flag and armed only with a ceremonial sword, the stylish yet playfully parodic way that Remo Capitani, Giovanni/Nello Pazzafini and Luciano Lorcas/Catenacci are introduced as the three callous villains who spoil Ben and Charlie's retirement plans, the appearance of a For a Few Dollars More-like display of trick-shooting prowess which involves shooting holes in a series of progressively smaller drinking vessels, etc). Ben and Charlie possesses a very knowing ambience that gives it a kind of post-modern, 'end of genre' or even 'post-genre' feel: it actually feels like the show was produced around 1976/77. The Italian public's love for these bickering Spaghetti Western tough guys had a big influence on the kind of characters that Hill and Spencer would play in their subsequent films, regardless of their genre. Wild East have mastered this presentation from virtually pristine elements. With his hair dyed blonde-ish, Gemma actually looks just like Terence Hill in a couple of long shots where he's seen wearing a dirty and threadbare Trinity-style shirt. As D'Amato, Massaccesi was responsible for directing quite a number of Italian exploitation flicks but he had a reputation for being an ace cinematographer that long preceded his reputation for directing exploitation movies. The disc's sound quality isn't quite as good as its picture quality but it is still very good. Copyright © var now = new Date(); document.write(now.getFullYear()) DVDTalk.com All rights reserved | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use. 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