“Sukiyaki Western Django” is better than average but far from wholesome Takashi Miike gallimaufry, taking on the epic transposition of the derivativeness of the spaghetti western, notably Leone’s “A Fistful of Dollars” and Kurosawa’s “Yojimbo” to a period Japanese setting and also tangling with Quentin Tarantino’s substantial ego and infinitesimal talent as an actor. Gun-slinging, bloodletting and terrible dialogue ensue. The title is gibberish, the movie’s nonsense, and it’s a gratifying eyeful of action craft throughout to those predisposed to such knowing nonsense and don’t mind a little repetition in their widescreen bloodbaths. In subtitled English, a joke that wears thin. With Koichi Sato, Yosuke Iseya, Hideaki Ito, Kaori Momoi.120m. Anamorphic 2.40 widescreen. (Ray Pride)
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