ken dakota seek revenge for the killing of his brother bill and wife . in his search for the murderer he run into conflict with the evil mexican land owner chris malone ( horst frank ) who let peasant fight against each other for pure pleasure . the plot isn not straight and simple and more often than not it be difficult to find any serious reason for what be go on . e. g. why put eastman over a snake pit . if he die everything be lose and he would not talk anyways . well and there be the reason of maintain a constant flow of carcass . despite the rather violent and dark plot with various scene of torture the film be beautifully shoot in a nice landscape with lake and waterfall in front of a blue sky . often the violence be accompany by nice music and even the villain prove to be skilled musician . this generate a strange contrast . george eastman act with pleasure and horst frank play a credible villain . nicoletta machiavelli have definitely some problem with her role . the film be pretty long for a spaghetti western and able to entertain as long a the viewer doesn not care about the plot . it seem to be film in 4 represent3 format .