The Ace Black Movie Blog

A routine but robust western, Ride Lonesome is a modest package delivered with minimal fuss.  In rugged desert terrain, veteran bounty hunt...

A routine western exploring a quest for revenge blinded by rage, The Bravados  mixes beautiful scenery and dogged convictions in a bowl of g...

A crime and revenge film noir, Kansas City Confidential features an intelligent plot rich with crooked characters, layers of suspicion,...

A war drama set in Indochina during the dying days of French involvement, China Gate offers a few good concepts but suffers from clunky ...

An action thriller set in a depressed near-future, Escape From New York carries A-movie ambitions with a B-movie ethos. The story of a l...

All Lee Van Cleef movies reviewed on the Ace Black Movie Blog are linked below: High Noon (1952) Kansas Cit...

A muddled Spaghetti Western, Captain Apache gallops headlong into a botched collection of nondescript characters killing each other at dru...

A lyrical Spaghetti Western with clever stylistic shadings and a strong central performance, The Grand Duel (also known as Storm Rider ) e...

An Italian World War Two action drama, Commandos struggles against an atrocious script filled with tin-eared dialogue, but does enjoy some...

" You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend: those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig. " Blondie ...

The middle chapter of Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy, For A Few Dollars More is probably the least celebrated installment, but also i...