The Complete Sartana (1968-1970) {Blu-ray Review}

Reviewed by Jason S. Lockard

Some companies when they release a Blu-ray they skimp on the extra goodies! That can be frustrating for collectors that love their blu-rays jammed packed with good stuff! Well, Arrow video goes above and beyond the normal with there releases making each release an absolute must add.

Now Arrow Video has done it again with their newest offering. The Complete Sartana, This collection will have spaghetti western fans drooling. Let's take a look at what is included in The Complete Sartana Blu-ray collection.


Our Rating System:
****=Don’t Miss it!
***=Worth a look.
**=An Ok way to spend an evening.
*=You haven’t missed anything.

If You Meet Sartana... Pray for Your Death (1968) Crooked bankers plan an insurance swindle and hire a Mexican gang to steal the bank's gold but they also pay Lasky's gang to kill the Mexicans. ***

I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death (1968) Sartana is falsely accused of robbing a bank, and must find the real robbers and clear his name. ***

Have a Good Funeral My Friend... Sartana Will Pay (1970) After witnessing a brutal massacre, Sartana is ready to do some investigating. ***

Light the Fuse... Sartana Is Coming (1970) Wily gunslinger Sartana arrives in a small town and tries to find a hidden fortune of half a million dollars in gold and two million dollars in counterfeit money. But there are others wanting to get there hands on that fortune. ***

Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin (1970) Sartana, bounty hunter and gunfighter is hired to protect the next gold shipment. But Sartana's nemesis Sabbath rides into town with a showdown in mind. ***

These films have been restored in 2K and they look and sound absolutely stunning! You can listen in the newly translated English or Italian soundtrack. Also a cool bonus is English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Than the bonus features are almost endless, First your get audio commentaries on If You Meet Sartana... Pray for Your Death by filmmaker Mike Siegel and on I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death and Have a Good Funeral My Friend... Sartana Will Pay by Spaghetti Western experts C. Courtney Joyner and Henry Parke.

There is also new interviews with writer, director, Gianfranco Parolini, writer Fabbio Piccioni, writer Ernesto Gastaldi, actor Sal Borgese, actor Roberto Dell Acqua.

Bonus archive featurette Sartana Live. Sartana Shoots First, a brand-new interview with George Hilton. And Interviews with Erika Blanc and Tony Askin on Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin.

Brand-new video essay on the major actors and supporting players in the official Sartana films, Galleries of original promotional images, Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeves and Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the films by Roberto Curti and more!

To get all 5 films on stunning looking Blu-rays would be enough for most people, but all this additional interviews, featurettes and other stuff make this an absolute must add to any spaghetti western fanatic's library.

So if you love visiting the old west with classic films I suggest you pick up a copy of Sartana the complete collection. You won't regret it! Head over to Amazon.com or MVDShop.com today and pre-order your copy!

Moral Rating: Violence, adult situations
Audience: Adults
Genre: Western
Length: 480 minutes
Blu-ray Released: 2018
Blu-ray Rating: A