This is a movie that many people have never heard of, but it is one of those that has often influenced directors throughout the years. Video games and manga/anime have been particularly influenced through out the years. Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, and Star Wars all have been influenced by this film. In fact the name of Jango Fett is a direct reference to Franco Nero's iconic character. The new animated movie "Rango" with Johnny Depp is almost certainly referencing this film as well. In fact, the new movie Machete even has a character named Django in it. With Rodriguez's general tributes to spaghetti westerns it seems pretty obvious that is a reference to this film.
Regardless of its influential nature, this is not a great a film. Even taking into account the time the film was made, the rating I am giving it is rather generous. This movie is a Spaghetti Western, and there are varying degrees of what a Spaghetti western is. Someone are just made in that style, some of are made in Italy with lots of Italian extras to take advantage of the cheap location. Some are actually made in total with Italian actors and not even done in English. This is one of the latter. There is a subtitled version available but most people are only going to see it in the dubbed version, which honestly, is pretty bad, even for a dub. This movie is famous for about three reasons. One, the name Django itself is just a good one, and it sticks in the head. Two, its probably the most violent movies of its time, and received the Italian equivalent of an NC-17 rating. And third, the images of Django dragging a coffin along behind him. Other than that this is not a fantastic film it is merely a decent one.
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