The Killer (2017)

Because the US is home to the Wild West, it makes perfect sense that the Western genre began here with such cinematic classics as John Ford’s Stagecoach (1939) and The Searchers (1956); John Huston’s The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948); Fred Zinnemann’s High Noon (1952); Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch (1969); Blazing Saddles (1974) by Mel Brooks; Kevin Costner’s Dances with Wolves (1990); and Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven (1992). Yet when Sergio Leone made the cult faves A Fistful of Dollars (1964), The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) and Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) in Italy, the term “Spaghetti Westerns” was born. Next came “Ramen Westerns” to describe similar set pics from the Far East, such as the Indonesian and Singaporean flick Buffalo Boys (2018). Now, we’re wondering what to call a Brazilian Western like The Killer (2017). Per the direction and writing by Marcelo Galvão, this foreign film follows a dangerous dude living in the backwoods of Pernambuco State during the 1940s. Meanwhile, the members on audience members may be in a state of arousal when Cabeleira (Diogo Morgado) bangs a burlesque dancer just 32 minutes into the movie. During the intense hump, he reveals his rump. If you want more of Morgado, he also bares his back when in the sack with another woman in another scene. Also known as O Matador, El Mercenario and Kẻ Sát Nhân, this skinternational pic features dialogue in Spanish, yet whenever Diogo doffs his duds, no translation is needed!