I know I typically define the “weird” in “Weird West” to mean supernatural, but this time I’m just going with straight weird. Also, I’ve run out of recommendations that would typically fit this genre so now I’m loosening the definition a bit just to keep this Lemmy community (somewhat) active.

You know how you can take a phrase in one language, translate it into another language, and then translate it back to the original language and it’s almost what you started with but isn’t quite right? Well this movie is taking the Japanese movie Yojimbo, translating it to English as A Fistful Of Dollars and then translating it back into Japanese to be called Sukiyaki Western Django. It’s a very strange movie.

The core plot of “two warring gangs in a small Western town being shaken up when a stranger with no allegiance arrives” is still here, but everything is just… strange. And Quentin Tarantino occasionally shows up as the narrator. I struggle with calling this a “good” movie. it definitely knows what it’s doing and has its own style, but I’m not entirely sure I understand what they were going for.

Here’s a trailer. You can watch it anywhere: Amazon, Peacock, Tubi, Pluto, Kanopy, anywhere.