The film of the week this time is COMPANEROS.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066612/

There's something special about a good western. Sure they are pretty similar overall if you watch a lot of them, but spaghetti westerns are more fun than most. This one especially is a bit lighter than most of the best rated westerns, but it's tone is part of what makes it so good. The film stars the great spaghetti western legend Franco Nero as a Swedish arms dealer who wants to make a sale to guerilla Mongo. Unfortunately, the money is locked in a bank safe and the only person who knows the combination is a prisoner of the Americans.

Like The Wild Bunch, this film is set during the Mexican Revolution. Unlike the Wild Bunch though, it has a lot more humor. The Wild Bunch has fun moments, but this is a much lighter film overall. That doesn't make less of a film. It's a very fun western with a great soundtrack by Ennio Morricone, and fantastic chemistry between the two leads. It was also directed by Sergio Corbucci, whose contribution to the western genre tends to get overlooked compared to Sergio Leone. I highly recommend this film to fans of The Good, the bad, and the ugly, and westerns in general.