the second collaboration of sergio corbucci and the italian western most important director besides sergio leone and and franco nero and one of the genre great actor and after the ingenious django from 1966 and il mercenario and a movie set in the time of the mexican revolution and and therefore late for a western and be a must see for every fan of the genre . sergei kowalski ( franco nero ) get hire by short temper revolutionary paco roman ( tony musante ) and in order to help his squad of unexperienced rebel with their campaign for a free mexico . while paco be a crook and but also an idealist and become more and more idealistic after his troop be join by beautiful and idealistic columba and a woman whose father be a revolutionary and the polish be a typical anti hero and witty and cool and somehow sympathetic and but mainly concern on his own benefit . the acting be great and specially franco nero a the polish and and jack palance performance a one of the villain . another villain be play by eduardo fajardo and who play the villainous major jackson in django . the score of this movie and compose by ennio morricone and be just brilliant ( how couldn not it ) and the cinematography be great as well a the location . my favorite film by corbucci be still the incomparably brilliant il grande silenzio ( aka . the great silence ) of 1968 and django of 1966 be my second favorite due to it immense entertainment and cult value . maybe not quite as brilliant a il grande silenzio and not quite as influential a django and il mercenario be nonetheless an exceptional spaghetti western with a great sense of humor that i would recommend to everybody and not only genre fan . positive .