Westerns > Lancaster, Burt Westerns

Advantages: A movie ahead of it's time
Disadvantages: None

This is a deep western that in my opinion is aimed directly at adults, to understand the complexities of the characters. Do not let the fact this movie came out in 1971 deter you, this is no Randolph Scott style, dandy western. This film comes with a 15 certification, and this is probably largely due to the blood content. Scenes have people shot in the chest, culminating in a dispersal of blood shooting into the air. One other scene see's a guy sitting ...
...and squeezing the trigger. The result of this is crimson blood gushing out and saturating his shirt. The gunfights may be a tad graphic but I believe it is in keeping with the whole intension of the film in creating a mature, gritty, realistic, authentic western. Also may I stress that whilst there is blood etc it is not what I would consider as gratuitous, it is at a believeable level. So we have Deputy U.S Marshal, Maddox played by Burt Lancaster ... Read review

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 ... Read review

Advantages: old American west as seen through the eyes of a mountain man
Disadvantages: values of that world are not the same as today

The west as we have never seen it before dominates this movie. How a simple man survives in a wilderness through heartache and lonliness. Every item he uses is not wasted in case there might not be another one along shortly. The world is based on a limited knowledge of literature and study and mainly from the bible. Heathans abound in this world for hard living. Kentucky is a place of using the land and animals . Ambition or drive has no ... Read review

Advantages: ALOT OF ACTION, GOOD STORY
Disadvantages: NOT ALOT

...Dan Evans: Where's the 3:10 to Yuma? Ticket Clerk: Running late, I suppose. Ben Wade: Goddamn trains. Never can rely on 'em, huh? Charlie Prince: I hate posses. Butterfield: Twenty-two robberies. Over four hundred thousand dollars in losses. More in delays. The Southern Pacific will have Ben Wade convicted in a federal court. Hanged in public. An example made. And ...
...McElroy: Taking you to the 3:10 to Yuma day after tomorrow. Tucker: Shouldn't have told him that. Ben Wade: Relax, friend. Now if we get separated, I'll know where to meet up. Alice Evans: He's a killer, Daniel. Dan Evans: Then someone ought to have the decency to bring him to justice. Dan Evans: You say one more word, and I'll cut you down right here. Ben Wade: I ... Read review

Advantages: Gripping storyline, Val Kilmer
Disadvantages: 284 min may be too long for some

Comanche Moon is based on a book and ties in with the series of books and films in the Lonesome Dove saga. The books are written by Larry McMurtry, with Lonesome Dove being a Texas town follows the adventures of two main characters, Captains Augustus McRae and Woodrow F. Call. Sadly the films were not released in the correct chronological order to the books so Comanche Moon is set in the earlier years of these two loveable rogues whilst working as ...
...when their legends are created. Comanche Moon is a relatively lengthy story and as a result comes on two discs for a total running time of 284 minutes. In this respect it is good because you can sit through the first disc one night and the second one the following night to have mercy on your posterior. Actors/Roles Karl Urban: Woodrow Call - Texas Ranger Steve Zahn: Gus McCrae - Texas Ranger Linda Cardellini: Clara Allen - Gus's former lover, ... Read review