While it isn't as good as the first film is the trilogy, Return of Sabata is certainly a return to form after the painfully mediocre Adios, Sabata. You could argue that this is due largely in part to the return of Lee Van Cleef as the titular character. But it's more than that. The film remembers what the second film forgot: that Sabata is a gunslinger who uses his brain and trickery to overcome his foes. In Return of Sabata, the main character comes across a town being extorted by its government. Under the pretext of using the tax money for town improvements, the town leaders use the money as the basis of a counterfeit ring. Sabata learns about the ring and decides that the best course of action would be to extort the counterfeiters instead of turning them in. He does this with ANOTHER drunk, overweight Mexican, ANOTHER pair of high-jumping acrobats, and ANOTHER blonde haired, bright faced gunslinger. I guess that Gianfranco Parlini decided that it was such a good formula that he would use it in all three films. I wasn't kidding when I said that this film was a return to form for the trilogy. Sabata uses his trademark array of trick guns and weapons to outsmart and out-shoot his competition. Not to mention that the plot is significantly more advanced than Sabata and his gang going after a Big Bad. Still, the film is missing the same sense of unabashed joy and pathos that made the first so addictive. It's not perfect, but it'll do.
7/10
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