companeros ( 4 outta 5 star ) terrific spaghetti western or buddy movie co star franco nero and tomas milian at their best . franco nero play a swedish opportunist look to cash in on a fermenting mexican revolution . tomas milian play a young hotheaded rebel who suddenly find himself become one of the leader of the resistance . start out on opposite side of the conflict and butt head at every turn and they soon develop a mutual respect and team up to save the day . or die try . it the same old plot and yeah ( really and what be the difference between this film story and and say and duck you sucker or a bullet for the general . ) . but the story be well construct and the direction assure and the performance be fantastic . milian be in especially fine form . apparently he felt a bit threaten by his co star screen presence and seek to steal scene from him at every opportunity . nero and try to hide his youthful good look with some prosthetic wrinkle and may be stick play the straight man but he still get his share of screen moment . another great score by ennio morricone . the reprise of the title track at key moment always fill me with delight . director sergio corbucci work may not match the visual poetry of sergio leone but he create a fine body of work as well and and this be one of his best .