Good film, but not a comedy as described
Ok, it had a couple of funny moments but that's it. I like the action and the combination of Tomas Millian and Franco Nero is cool!! I reccomend it for Spargetti Western fans!! A lot of familiar faces too. "Vamos a matar Companeros" is a neat song that will stick to you.

Companeros
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This is a poor film. Django will always be the yardstick. And this fails the test.

Mexican Standoff
Many spaghetti western enthusiasts regard this as a classic of the genre and Sergio Corbucci's best film. They're wrong. "Companeros" is actually at a midpoint on the director's career trajectory from early classics like "Django" and "The Hellbenders" to late-period disasters like "Sonny & Jed" and "The White, the Yellow and the Black." The film is basically a half-baked rehash of "The Mercenary/A Professional Gun", with nothing like the former film's coherence or momentum. It takes far too long to get going, then rambles on with no sense of structure or pace, trying uneasily to mix broad comedy, political comment and Peckinpah-inspired action scenes. There are a few good jokes along the way, and the protagonists are so off-the-wall that they're curiously engaging, but it all pales in comparison to the best spaghettis of the 60s, not to mention contemporary work like Ferdinando Baldi's deranged but stunning "Blindman."

Visually, the film benefits from an excellent widescreen transfer, which is a relief after the hideously panned-and-scanned video we had to put up with previously, and there's a restored prologue which isn't in any English language version. The extras include amiable interviews with Franco Nero and especially Tomas Milian, plus Ennio Morricone explaining how the cacophonous music score was composed (though it isn't one of his best, I have to say).

When I first saw "Companeros" 20 years ago, I very much enjoyed it. But it weakens with each viewing, and even this fine version can't restore the shine.

Jack Palance As A Psychotic Giggling Stoner??
Wow! You get Franco Nero(Django) and Tomas Milian(Django Kill) and the immortal Jack Palance in one film! And a fun film at that! Both leads have good chemistry. They basically get hooked into crossing the Mexican border into the U.S. to snag a guy who has the combination to a safe they need opened. Nero and Milian don't like each other much, but have to learn to work together. On their tail is that crazy Jack Palance, who's hellbent on seeing Nero dead, Dead, DEAD! Palance has a joint in his mouth in practically every one of his scenes, and he's quite funny in his giggly, stoned and creepy performance. This is very much a "buddy movie" like 48 Hrs or Lethal Weapon with the two leads who don't always like each other, exchange some funny lines and ultimately become friends. Because of this, the tone of the film is more comedic than the average spaghetti western. Don't let the lighthearted tone stop you from seeing it though coz it's still got the violence of a spaghetti western. In fact, it's actually bloodier than Django. Also, Ennio Morricone's theme song will get stuck in your head for a good day or two. Very highly recommended if you dig westerns.

My favorit western movie
Let me begin by saying, that the last time I saw this movie I was 8 years old in 1985, and I still remember every detail, the music, the villain, the gun fights and that freaking hawk. I told my father that this was one of the best movies and he said "of course, it's Franco Nero".