1970西德惊悚西部片《致命枷锁》由罗兰·克利克导演,马里奥·阿多夫主演,影片讲述的是:
In 1970 it seems as if Roland Klick set out to emulate Sergio Leones The Good The Bad And The Ugly mixing it with Michelangelo Antonionis Zabriskie Point to create a modern Sauerkraut Western without horses but rather a truck and a car The story stars three characters Marquard Bohm as the Kid The Good Siegurd Fitzek as Mr Sunshine The Bad and Mario Adorf can be seen in Dario Argentos The Bird With The Crystal Plumage as the reclusive cat eating painter as Mr Dump The Ugly who again plays a reclusive man who lives in a dump The story begins with the Kid who has just pulled off a heist with a bullet wound in the arm and is carrying millions of dollars in a case Wandering aimlessly through the sunbaked desert he finally passes out and is left for dead until Mr Dump drives along and finds him and the money Once back at Mr Dumps residence a sort of abandoned junk yard the Kid warns Mr Dump that Mr Sunshine who apparently is the ringleader of this heist will be coming for his money Thus begins the cat and mouse story of who will get the case of money Mr Dump also has two neighbors an older and apparently sexually crazy woman and her pretty but feral daughter who is obviously sexually curious of the Kid
The film is set in what looks to be a wasteland desert which could have been a forerunner for films like A Boy And His Dog and Road Warrior Yet the film maintains a complete Sergio Leone feel to it You get all the great close ups of the characters sweating in the sun and the typical double crossing that took place in his westerns The Kid in this movie also kind of resembles Charles Bronsons character in Leones other masterpiece Once Upon A Time In The West But on the flipside this film also kind of reminded me of Antonionis Zabriskie Point in the surreal desert filming Also the use of Kraut Rock band Can whos music score will remind one of Pink Floyds music score for Antonionis film The inspired use of Can as the music score was a great choice because though at times it does remind you of Pink Floyd it also reminds me of Ennio Morricones music score as well The Kids theme song seems to be Whiskey Man by Can and this reminds me of the way you hear that unforgettable Clint Eastwood whistling theme or the accompanying harmonica for Charles Bronson Cans score embodies both stylizations perfectly The film is pretty obscure and there was very little information that I could find on it But its worth searching out if you have an interest in different cult type movies from the late sixties or an interest in Can But the pacing is a little uneasy and the finale was a tad unclimatic yet somehow downbeat Though its a German production the English dubbing will remind you of the Spaghetti Westerns as well Cool but very weird