Sonny & Jed

Sonny & Jed is a boorish spaghetti western with elements of a crime film in which there are signs of the Italian western subgenre pushed to the verge of parody. Justice is truly blind from a certain moment, and there is not the slightest hint of a positive character. The unbearable protagonist is no exception. Jed, gorging himself on a plate of spaghetti in one scene (probably to prove that we are in fact watching a spaghetti western), behaves like a repulsive animal and shows the least respect of all for women, which comes back to bite him in the ass in the climax. After ninety minutes of the verbal and physical humiliation of Susan George (who suffered even more here than in the controversial Straw Dogs), however, that is merely a miniscule feminist band-aid. Though Morricone’s music elevates the story, it cannot prevent the occasional feeling of embarrassment for the filmmaker, which otherwise arises rather while watching crude comedies with Fantozzi. 65% (04/09/2018)