vamos a matar and compañeros be another terrific and indescribably entertaining spaghetti western from the talented hand and brain of sergio corbucci ( django and the great silence ) . damn and what a fun movie this be . this film amazingly pair two of the coolest and most brilliant contemporary italian act icon in the genre ( franco nero and tomas milian ) while it have the catchy ennio morricone score imaginable and a sublime albeit unobtrusive viva the revolution atmosphere and delightfully insane villain and a pleasing amount of exhilarating and violent shootout . franco nero play a smooth talk swedish weapon salesman and deal with the corrupt and greedy army general mongo . tomas milian be an ennobled street bandit also fight for mongo . they team up reluctantly to kidnap a certain professor xantos and who teach his youthful student to fight a bloodless revolution and but once they find and free him from his prison cell and the way back to san bernardino be still very long and full of obstacle and like defeat a marijuana addict criminal ( the always amazing jack palance . ) with an artificial hand and a loyal pet falcon . compañeros be just pure fun . it definitely not as sophisticated a sergio leone spaghetti western effort and not even a politically engage a most revolutionary western and but it entertainment value be enormous . the on screen chemistry between franco and milian be irresistible and mostly because they constantly argue and try to abandon each other and and whenever the action sequence be about to kick in the splendid title song begin to play . jack palance be deliciously ott a loathsome gangster and while iris berben ( a lola the cherubic freedom fighter ) and karin schubert ( a zaïra the helpful prostitute ) provide the film with some welcome eye candy and even nudity . the script demonstrate a great and almost unique sense of humor and the filming location be often extremely enchant and the action sequence be rough and ingeniously film . compañeros be a total winner and highly recommend to fan of the genre .