Drifters / Caller Herrin' DVD

Advantages: Good plot
Disadvantages: none

...As a big Clint Eastwood fan i find that most people normally relate to him for his "Spaghetti westerns" or "Dirty Harry" films. I have lost count of the amount of times i have heard someone with a bad impression of him sayin "go ahed punk make my day" Eastwood though has many films to his credit both as actor and as director, quite often as both. "High plains drifter" (1973) is one of thoes many films. With his spaghetti westerns most people credit him as "The man with no name" when in fact in in all three films he had a name. In "A fist full of dollars" his name was Joe, in "For a few dollars more" his name was Monco and finally in "The good the bad and the ugly" he was Blondie. For five decades Eastwood has made westerns, appealing to the current audience, but in only one was he the man with no name or the stranger... Read review

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Advantages: Unique take on the western genre, excellent story, well scripted and directed.
Disadvantages: Poor acting by some of the cast, some may not like Clint's anti-hero persona

...Hands up if you've heard of Unforgiven, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, Pale Rider, A Fistful of Dollars and The Outlaw Josey Wales? Good, that looks like everyone. Now how many of you have heard of High Plains Drifter? A few at the back... anyone else? Is that all? Exactly! Following on from the Dollars trilogy which made Clint Eastwood a star and his directorial debut, Play Misty For Me, came High Plains Drifter - a hugely underrated gem in the Eastwood catalogue and an early template which would later be used to create his Oscar masterpiece Unforgiven. Clint revives his signature role of a "Man with no Name," a mysterious stranger who descends upon the sleepy mining town of Largo looking for a drink and a hot bath, but ends up protecting the citizens from three soon-to-be-released gunfighters. While the plot isn't all... Read review

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Advantages: The perfect western
Disadvantages: none

...High Plains Drifter is a classic western. It has a strong lead character who is the classic gunfighter, cold, emotionless and completely ruthless. It also has a strong supporting cast who again play the classic western towns people, scared, self promoting, submissive and equally ruthless in a passive way, all the classic ingredients. So why is this western so very different to anything else that came before it and after it? In the old days, westerns all followed a standard format. The main players were always clearly defined, the good guys were strong, moralistic characters who helped those weaker than themselves and the bad guys were always ruthless, evil bullies or deadly gunfighters who shot and killed innocent people just for money or where the fat, evil business man who employed them, etc. It was very black and white... Read review

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