TONY ANTHONY
THE STRANGER
GETS MEAN

This excellent and RARE DVD in the SPAGHETTI WESTERN genre is entitled GETS MEAN. The movie stars the TONY ANTHONY in his familiar role as "The Stranger" and LLOYD BATTISTA.
The Stranger encounters Vikings and Moors (I'm not kidding!) in a film with very impressive visuals and is a VERY entertaining entry in the Euro-western field!

Now this one really is an oddity! The Spaghetti Western did throw up a few odd films (think Django Kill and its homosexual bandits, Blindman with its 50 wives and nudity, the circus troupes of Sabata, and Providence with its Chaplin-esq antics). But, my, if you thought they were weird, wait until you get a load of "Gets Mean".

Tony Anthony returns as the Stranger, but rather than being a parody/rehash (depends on how you view it) of A Fistful of Dollars, this film involves our hero on a quest to Spain to escort a princess for money, amidst the battling Vikings and Moors. Proof if any that the Spaghetti boom was on its last legs, desperately seeking new ways to be innovative. Anthony is very ham-fisted throughout, but I guess that is part of his charm in this genre. The rest of the cast are, in truth, fairly forgettable.However strange this film may be (and believe me, it is strange), it remains watchable. Not as a western, but as an oddball art-flick.

Tony Anthony is the lone drifter. He’s strong, silent, and deadly. He’ll do anything, go anywhere, kill anyone for a price. His mission: to restore a beautiful princess to her rightful place in Spain. His reward: a king’s ransom in gold. The only problem is, to achieve his end, he must get mean. A wild bizarre offering much comedy. Also stars Lloyd Battista. Directed by Ferdinando Baldi. (1975) Widescreen, in English.