Requiescant

REQUIESCANT is a well-shot spaghetti western with a solid revenge plotline bolstered by some great desert photography and more suspense than most. As an Italian film, it's full of religious imagery and righteous vengeance weighs in heavy here. The unknown-to-me Lou Castel plays the sole survivor of a massacre who grows up to be a gun-toting fighter gunning for revenge. Mark Damon is cast against type as the traitorous villain of the piece while director Pier Paolo Pasolini contributes an acting role here and you wouldn't know he's not a natural. The thrills are thin on the ground, but the film builds up a sense of slow-burning justice and the ending is quite satisfying.