Stars: Burt Reynolds, Aldo Sambrell and Nicoletta Machiavelli
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 92 Mins
Tagline:" Relentless in his vengeance! Deadly in his violence"

I stumbled upon this movie because I found out that Quentin Tarrantino had used the score of this movie on Kill Bill. I had already seen a case of this when he used a piece of the score of another Spaghetti Western (Death Rides A Horse) and I will admit I was initially very upset at this notion. I don’t like when directors or writers steal material from other films. But when I come to think of it, it is part of Tarantino’s style to use scores and even actors from these older films. I see it as a form of homage, paying tribute to the films that will never be again.
The movie begins with the massacre of a small tribe of Indians. From the tribe, a survivor seeks out revenge on the men who brutally murdered the innocent people of the tribe. Navajo Joe is peculiar in that it stars Burt Reynolds as a Native American Indian. Initially I didn’t buy the whole thing of a white man playing the character of an Indian; Reynolds however pulls it off, unlike William Shatner who did a horrible job in White Comanche. Anyway, the plot isn’t too complex; the only complexity they add is story about these criminals seeking a safe of money. Even if simple and formulaic, it works wonders, thanks to the cinematography and wonderful score by Ennio Morricone.
Navajo Joe is one of countless spaghetti westerns that were released during the golden time of the era. It actually came out the same year as The Good, the Bad & the Ugly. It wasn’t as popular, even if it was directed by Sergio Corbucci. I wouldn’t miss this forgotten and underrated western. Like I said don’t expect any form of originality out of this western; it is quite generic and predictable. I will leave a link down below so you can hear the score that plays in this movie, which was later used in Kill Bill. Let me know what you guys thought, I always appreciate comments.