This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
If you can look past the atrocious supplemental CGI and the admittedly goofy "hacking" elements, there's actually a decently compelling little heroic bloodshed film buried underneath. And for what it might lack in cutting edge special effects and top-tier cinematography, it brings a very particular novelty to the table that is rare for the genre: A trio of genuinely strong female protagonists, including one who is clearly coded as a lesbian.
Brief aside: I am an absolute sucker for the…
In much the same way that A Fistful of Dollars aims to re-imagine Kurosawa's Yojimbo, I contend that My Name is Nobody is Leone's answer to Sanjuro. Not in the sense that the plots are similar - as they are, in fact, entirely different - but rather, in the sense of directorial intent.
To be clear: Sergio Leone may not be the credited director (attribution to Leone's protégé Tonino Valerii), but his presence [as producer] looms large over the film.…
