The Mercenary

This better than average spaghetti oater has Nero in the title role as the hired hand assigned to help a mine owner transport silver across the border to Texas during the Mexican Revolution. He finds himself up against a troop of Mexican soldiers. When they try to lay claim on the mine, he is forced to kill them with the aid of a machinegun. Nero teams with Musante and together they travel around, rob banks, and free revolutionaries. Eventually, after a fair amount of fighting and back-stabbing, the pair go their separate ways. A highlight of the film occurs when mercenary Palance is abandoned by Nero in the desert. Morricone's score is as atmospheric as the settin...