Minnesota Clay by Adriano Bolzoni - Seven out of 10

Minnesota Clay by Adriano Bolzoni

Seven out of 10

For some reason, this film was programmed on our local national television in the section called Art Films and this supposedly means that it is profound, notable, special production.

Alas, it is not.

There are some aspects that we could note, like the valor, courage, perseverance, stamina, self-sacrifice, grit of the hero, but overall, the acting is not stupendous or overwhelming.

Minnesota Clay is a man who spends time imprisoned following a miscarriage of justice, because he killed another man, in self-defense.

He escapes and meets Fox, the villain of the story who used to a comrade and the witness who should have come at the trail to testify for the innocence of his former friend, as the only one who saw the incident.

Fox is in control of a small town where he has a band of thugs who use extortion and blackmail to get money from local businesses, torment and even kill innocents, act as invaders.

This gang has an enemy in general Ortiz, who has his own bandits and the two groups dispute the territory, with Ortiz in control of the surroundings of town and Fox ruling over within the limits of the place.

A friend of the hero has been taking care of, raising the daughter of Minnesota Clay, who does not know her real father.

There are shootouts, for this is a western, albeit not on the same level with Rio Bravo or Unforgiven.