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Heat in the Wild west.
Advantages: A superlative mix of visceral violence and affecting themes.
Disadvantages: It makes other westerns look bad.
...parade and seemingly we're watching the beginning of a dull and dreary Sunday morning western.
But then...
BOOM! All freaking hell breaks loose. What was once an innocent little outback town quickly turns into a hellish warzone with gunfire zipping and cracking all around. Every rifle round resembles a resounding cannon shot as panic descends and chaos reigns. No one is spared amidst the confusion of the proceeding bloody gunfight. This is no clean-cut ...
...likely to find.
As the mist descends the plot begins to take form. Pike Bishop (William Holden) leads what remains of his group of outlaws out of the melieu and Deke Thornton (Robert Ryan) is left to curse his own squad for letting the leader and primary members escape.
Pike and Deke are old comrades but times change and now Dekes going straight, hunting his former friend for the Railroad company who want him dead for robbing their trains. And ...
 thegoldencat 23.11.2008 · Read full review
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Review of The Wild Bunch (DVD)
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Three burials and one shooting
Advantages: Beautifully filmed, powerful message
Disadvantages: Drags a little, sometimes confusing
...friend and fellow ranch hand, the Melquiades Estrada of the title, has been shot dead by a trigger happy border patrol officer, Mike Norton. Now he wants revenge, but Norton's boss would rather brush the whole thing under the carpet. Perkins therefore decides to take things into his own hands and force Perkins to make amends by taking Estrada's body back to his Mexican hometown to bury him. Will Perkins be able to bypass the law in order to get what ...
...that deals with societal disparities, the trust between human beings and revenge. On top of that, it is also beautifully filmed. All in all, although it is not without its flaws, I am more than glad I had the opportunity to watch this film.
Tommy Lee Jones both directs the film and plays the key role of Pete Perkins. I really like Tommy Lee Jones, but don't actually know why. Time and time again I have watched a film because he is in it, yet his ...
sunmeilan 20.10.2007 · Read full review
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Review of The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada (DVD)
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Why is the Ribbon Yellow?
Advantages: Good story, good acting, lovely scenery
Disadvantages: John Wayne!
...ribbon tied in her hair, she has two of the young men fighting over her and Nathan asks her if she knows the significance of wearing a yellow ribbon and when she says she does he asks who it if for. She will not tell him and he along with the two men are left in suspense. The patrol leaves the Fort and they are soon forced to make a diversion to get the ladies to their stage as they have come across the savage Comanche Indians and do not wish to ...
...interest but I don’t think she added much to the film apart from the side story with her trying to choose which man she wanted to spend her life with. I thought the two young men fighting over her was a bit over the top for this story but they were good actors and did very well with the script that they had to work with. The film was quite strange at times and when watching it I noticed that a lot of the film was shot on location but then a few minutes ...
sewbizzie 28.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of She Wore A Yellow Ribbon (DVD)
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A Western without John Wayne!
Advantages: good story, good acting
Disadvantages: None from me and hubby
...a cattle baron, Rufus Ryker. Shane is offered work with the family and soon find himself at home with them. Things go bad for the family when Rufus tells them and all the other homestead owners that he has got a new massive cattle contract so he wants their land. The families are not prepared to give up their land though. Shane and Joe decided that they will not be moved and call a meeting with the other homestead owners and they all decide that ...
...to move. Will Joe and Shane be able to keep their homestead and land of will Rufus get his way and win?
The story to this film was very good if not a little predictable. I thought that Alan Ladd who played the lead role of Shane did a great job and it was so nice to see another lead role in a cowboy film instead of John Wayne. He managed to bring a lot to his role and show many sides to his character. He was hard and tough with the gun fighters ...
sewbizzie 05.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Shane (DVD)
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Vintage Burt Lancaster
Advantages: The more times you watch it the better it gets
Disadvantages: None
...almost all his movies.
Valdez is Coming is the story of injustice and how Valdez tries to help the widow of the man he was forced to kill by the local landowner.
Burt Lancaster plays the town constable (Bob Valdez) and as the name suggests he is a Mexican, who also fought for the US cavalry.
Jon Cypher plays Frank Tanner (the Land Owner) who is responsible for an innocent man being gunned down by Valdez . Tanner has accused the man of murdering ...
...proves his innocence. But before Valdez can get hold of this evidence and display it to Tanner and the observing townspeople, Tanner's slimiest henchman R.L. Davis(Richard Jordan) interferes, and the resulting violence that breaks out includes Valdez being forced to kill the holed-up gunman who starts firing at him.
Valdez goes to Tanner to ask for money for the widow as compensation and ofcourse is laughed at and made to look a fool. Valdez is ...
 lona 07.05.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Valdez Is Coming (DVD)
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Ford Ka 1.3i
 Fun to drive. VERY distinctive looks. Good handling. A very practical and easy to drive car. (*)
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