Eclectic Title for an Eclectic Spaghetti Western
Jack Thompson 'Sacramento' (Ty Hardin) has a knack for getting in to trouble or for trouble finding him and often it will be up to his children to come and rescue him from what ever spot of bother he finds himself in. The real trouble starts for Sacramento when his daughter, Maggie (Jenny Atkins), is kidnapped, as whilst he pays the ransom she isn't returned. It leads to her boyfriend taking matters in to his own hands to get her back.
You have to admit that "You're Jinxed, Friend You've Met Sacramento" is quite an eclectic title for a movie but in many ways it is befitting as this spaghetti western is one eclectic movie. In fact I don't think I have come across another spaghetti western as random as this with it feeling almost like some one took the left over scene ideas they had collected from other westerns and put them together in this patchwork of scenes. The strange thing is that whilst it means for much of the movie it doesn't feel like it has a proper storyline, "You're Jinxed, Friend You've Met Sacramento" still ends up being entertaining.
What that really means is that during the first half it feels like "You're Jinxed, Friend You've Met Sacramento" is just a collection of amusing scenes; an ambush where Sacramento's trick horse helps save him, a soundtrack heavy scene where a young woman dances whilst Sacramento is drawing, a brawl in a saloon. But none of these scenes really feel that connected other than Sacramento and his family are usually evolved. But then, almost out of thin air this kidnapping storyline comes along and the first half which played heavily on the humour makes way for some western drama, of sorts. I won't tell you it is a great kidnapping storyline but ends up at least feeling like it has purpose rather than just individual scene ideas.
Truth be told it is Ty Hardin who makes "You're Jinxed, Friend You've Met Sacramento" entertaining as he embraces the daftness of the movie and just seems to be having fun. If it wasn't for Hardin it would have ended up a spaghetti western which suffers from being all over the place which includes the camera work which doesn't have a set style.
What this all boils down to is that "You're Jinxed, Friend You've Met Sacramento" is not a great spaghetti western but entertains in being kind of random with lots of humour filled ideas being more entertaining than the kidnapping storyline which eventually comes along.
