Ötszemélyes hadsereg AKA Ötfős hadsereg DVD 1969 (Un esercito di 5 uomini) / The Five Man Army / Audio: Hungarian and English / Subtitle: Hungarian Only / Starring: Peter Graves, James Daly, Bud Spencer, Nino Castelnuovo and Tetsuro Tamba / Directed by: Don Taylor

UPC 5999882817859

Region 2 PAL DVD

Audio: Hungarian and English

Subtitle: Hungarian Only

Playtime: 101 minutes

Where this army leads, action fans – especially Spaghetti Western fans – will want to follow. Set during the Mexican Revolution, The Five Man Army is a niftily executed tale of mercenaries who, on behalf of rebel forces, take on a mission to rob a trainload of gold. Make that a suicide mission, because this train is heavily armored; armed with troops, cannon and machine guns, and traveling a route guarded by more soldiers. Peter Graves, then known for his role as mastermind Jim Phelps in TV’s Mission: Impossible, faces another odds-defying task as the Dutchman, leader of a handpicked commando squad consisting of a strongman, an explosives expert, a circus acrobat and a Samurai swordsman. Famed composer Ennio Morricone’s throbbing score amplifies the action of this ready-to-be-rediscovered film that, writes The New York Times’s Vincent Canby, is “for anybody who enjoys lean, taut suspense with no fiddling around.” All aboard!

Hungarian Summary:

Az Ötfős hadsereg (eredeti cím: Un esercito di cinque uomini) 1969-ben bemutatott olasz westernfilm, melynek főszereplője Peter Graves, a későbbi Mission Impossible sorozat sztárja. A főhős egyik segítőjét Bud Spencer alakította. A filmet Don Taylor és Italo Zingarelli rendezte, a forgatókönyvet Dario Argento és Marc Richards írta, a zenéjét Ennio Morricone szerezte, a producere szintén Italo Zingarelli volt. A film a Tiger Film gyártásában készült. Műfaját tekintve akciófilm, filmvígjáték, kalandfilm és westernfilm (spagettiwestern). Olaszországban 1969. október 16-án mutatták be a mozikban. Magyarországonkét szinkronos változat is készült belőle, amelyből az elsőt a Duna Televízióban 2010. október 16-án, a másodikat pedig a Film Mániában 2014. február 6-án vetítették le a televízióban.

Cselekmény

A mexikói forradalom idején egy ember, akit csak a Hollandként emleget mindenki, összehívja néhány cinkosát, hogy támadjanak meg egy pénzszállítmányt. A terv célja, egy félmillió dollár értékű aranyrakományt szállító vonat megtámadása, amit több tucat katona őriz, és amely ellenőrzőpontok egész során halad keresztül.

English Summary: 

The Five Man Army (Italian: Un esercito di 5 uomini) is a 1969 Italian Zapata Western film taking place during the Mexican Revolution.

The film was directed by Don Taylor and featured a script by a young Dario Argento. Starring as a group of five men enlisted to rob a train containing a shipment of gold were Peter Graves, James Daly, Bud Spencer, Nino Castelnuovo and Tetsuro Tamba. The film's score was composed by Ennio Morricone.

Plot

Mexican rebels hire the "Dutchman" to rob a train carrying $500,000 in gold on behalf of Victoriano Huerta to finance the Mexican Revolution. The Dutchman enlists four other men to assist him: Mesito, a strong man, Luis, a circus acrobat turned outlaw, Augustus, a former army officer and explosives specialist, and a samurai warrior (only referred to only as Samurai), promising to pay each one a thousand dollars.

Immediately after they assemble, their first undertaking is to save the rebel leader who hired them from being executed. After thwarting the execution and causing a riot in the village, the five men are forced to flee, along with all the civilians, in order to prevent reprisals. Nevertheless, some soldiers still manage to find the men and bring them to the local Mexican Army commandant. They manage to escape, killing the soldiers and dynamiting the fort's magazine. They are tracked by a large group of soldiers and are likely to be captured when they come upon a small group of rebels, who are there to cover the Five Man Army's escape. The Dutchman and the rebels all know they will be unable to stop the soldiers, but the rebels are willing to sacrifice themselves for the Five, emphasizing the importance of the Five's mission.

The train carrying the gold is heavily defended by a cannon, machine guns, and dozens of soldiers. The Dutchman's plan is to uncouple the car carrying the gold from the rest of the train without stopping it. The difficult robbery succeeds, despite Samurai falling off the train and Augustus dropping a key piece of equipment. When the Five return to their hideout conflict arises amongst them. Luis, Augustus, Mesito, and Samurai had all assumed they were going to take the gold for themselves, but the Dutchman is set on keeping his promise to the rebels. He disarms the other four and explains to them that his wife had been executed by soldiers since other members of her family were rebels.

The Dutchman is about to leave with the gold, but he is stopped by the arrival of many soldiers. He has no choice but to rearm the other four, who are able to ambush and quickly kill all of the soldiers. Now armed again, Augustus, Mesito, and Samurai attempt to take the gold from the Dutchman. They are stopped at gunpoint by Luis, who has decided that he will join the Revolution. At this point, hundreds of rebels arrive to retrieve their gold. They treat the Five Man Army like heroes, and it is implied that Augustus, Mesito, and Samurai have chosen to join the rebels as well.

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