Joaquin Luis Romero Marchent's Cut-Throat Nine is a bleak and unforgivingly cynical western thats gratiutious violence makes it feel like some strange love child of Sergio Corbucci and Lucio Fulci. The story is centered around a calvary troop escorting a group of notorious criminals across the mountains to prison. Along the way, they are attacked by a bandit gang in search of gold, which leaves only a sergeant, his beautiful daughter, and seven sadisitic ciriminals alive. Left without horses, wagon, and any real means of transportation, the sergeant now finds himself not only concerned with transporting these men to prison, but also trying to determine which one of these sinsiter men is responsible for the murder of his wife. Cut-Throat Nine is a brutal, nihistic piece of cinema that is very much stylized in the same vein as the other Italian films of the era, whether it be Lucio Fulci or Italian crime films. Stylistic and violent, Marchent creates a film full of brutality, as we watch the filmmaker destroy each character one by one. While the violence is gleefuly gratuitous, I particularly enjoyed the fim's stylistic depiction of a man's psyche on the verge of the death. From what I can recall, every character in Cut-Throat Nine sees an aspect of their lives flashing between their eyes, with the film having a very unique perspective, where each man's moment varies in meaning. The narrative of Cut-Throat Nine is simple but very effective, as the filmmakers deprieve the viewer of all certainly into the outcome of the events of the film. Stylistic, brutal, and full of violence and depravity, Joaquin Luis Romero Marchent's Cut-Throat Nines is a dark but highly enjoyable cinematic experience.
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June 2023
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