**_Dynamic and unique Western with Jim Brown and Lee Van Cleef_** This is a "men on a mission" Western and Blaxploitation hybrid. Some say it borrows from Spaghetti Westerns, but its three main influences are all American films, as follows: Like “The Professionals,” the story revolves around a specialized group navigating dangerous territory for an explicit goal, delivering money to a widow in Mexico. The group consists of an honest cowboy (Jim Brown), a gunfighting gambler (Fred Williamson), and a mute martial arts/dynamite expert (Jim Kelly). Like “The Wild Bunch,” a machine gun is imp…
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