Good concept, poorly executed.

Excellent, a Must See

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

The third and final sabata film is not great, but for some reason at the same time its excellent. Lee Van Cleef is back again which is good, but the dialogue is far too heavy.Return of sabata drags too much as most scenes are conversations, but there are a few breaks of action here and there, such as extremely well choreographed fist fights and a couple of small shootouts, which are very fun and enjoyable to watch. Sometimes the plot is a bit hard to follow and some scenes are very complex and confusing.But if you concentrate on just the action and the characters this film is brilliant. The shootout at the end of the film is one of the best and is the only reason why i rated the film a 10.The theme tune is also excellent. This movie is good and bad,it's my least favourite of the trilogy, but it is a must see. Brilliant

The plot of this film has to do with the town of Hobsonville where McIntock, a now prosperous miner and town over seer is taxing the people in order to get the money to build up their fair town into something special. Enter Sabata, who is following a trail that led him from a murder in a traveling circus to the town. Clearly there is a great deal of money at stake and Sabata smells something a miss as well as sensing that there is a buck to be made.This is a rambling, often seemingly plot less, (comedic) western. You're a good way into the film before you realize what exactly is going on. There a good number of characters who are two timing or three timing each other and we get dragged into their machinations, and it seems that there really isn't a central story (or real villain), or at least a reason why Sabata is in the town, until the movie is about half over. Its not bad as such but towards the end of the first half you really do begin to wonder why you're watching the film.The reason you're watching it is Lee Van Cleef. Van Cleef as Sabata is pure smart mouthed hero. He can't be beat and he knows it. He is a hero we'd all like to be, even if his motivations are questionable. Van Cleef goes along with the nonsense on screen and in the process makes it somehow okay to go along too.Worth a look for western fans, others may want to take a pass unless they are in an undemanding mood.

Return of Sabata casts Lee Van Cleef back as the cunning and ruthless sharpshooter, Sabata. Similarities between the first Sabata movie where Van Cleef also played the same role are more than abundant: acrobats, comical sidekicks, greedy villains, double-crossing allies, Sabata shooting off with his cool 4-barreled Derringer and so forth. Lee Van Cleef rocks. He's as cool as ever, and all the other actors do at least fairly decent jobs supporting him.Everything seems to be as well as in the first movie. Except that this time the plot is more complicated and filled with twists and turns (and plot holes). Unfortunately this is not entirely good thing: in time you lose track of the plot twists and begin to wonder the motives and the logic behind some of the characters behavior. Why did he do that? Wouldn't it been more logical to behave or act some other way? Much like Ocean's 12 or any other snotty "cleverer-than-thou" sequel, Return of Sabata drowns you with twists and turns just for the sake of confusing. This leads to the point that you actually have to watch Return of Sabata at least couple of times before the main plot fully unravels. Of course you do get the big picture in the end of the movie after the first watch, but in order to get all the nuances and small details in place you might want to give it another go. Not that the main plot would magically turn out to be any better: it just rewards you a little bit more since the second time you have a small grasp *why* somebody did something that seemed illogical or strange before. This time you know what's in that characters mind and you also know something about his motives. Then again, I strongly believe that these kind of character traits should have been portrayed clearer in the script (or acting) so you would have realized them during the first view time already.In short? Return of Sabata offers great characters, but lousy and confusing plot. Still, it's worth a watch. Or two.

Return of Sabata marks the last outing for Lee Van Cleef.This time he's up against a slaezy Colonel who has a million dollars in gold in which Sabata pulled off from his earlier assignment.Determined to get it back, teams up with Clyde and another hordes of his team in order to fight back McLintock get his gold back.Although this spaghetti western proved almost as good as the first two, it was really entertaining, especially the amount of guns Lee had to use in this film..Well, at least Sabata rides off into the desert, but I'm hoping someday if by chance somebody might do a remake..