Exceptional photography of the Navarran Pyrenees.
The great locations, score and gut-wrenching sound design make of this a great epic.
It also enjoys of quite good SFX.
The story is overall good, especially when it focuses more on its fantastic side.
Brutal western-type of film set in WWII Finland.
Jorma Tommila is great in the Mad Max-inspired lead.
Its gradually increasing insanity makes the crazy final battle hysterical.
On the other hand, when the film focuses on other characters (especially the underdeveloped female ones) it loses steam.
Ernesto Alterio steals the show!
The entire cast is great and, although the story might beat around the bush before getting to port, as audience we enjoy and laugh out loud this wild ride.
Visually enticing (great sets, costumes and cinematography), the film nails its “anachronistic Parisian Gangs of New York” style.
But, the story deflates drastically as it progresses to something quite unconvincing.
Cronin clearly distances himself from Sam Raimi’s approach.
Unfortunately that leaves us without the goofiness and technical boldness of the originals, resulting in another rather formulaic gory horror.
