In this tribute to the old time spaghetti westerns with a liberal dose of modern Hong Kong film-making thrown in, Emilio Estevez assumes Clint Eastwood's "man with no name" role. Estevez plays a super-quick gunman on the run from a rancher (Long) and his men out to kill him for killing his son. The gunman gets mixed up with a former Confederate soldier (William Forsythe) who has knowledge of hidden gold. The only trouble is he is also pursued by Union soldiers. When they free a man (Ed Lauter) with part of the map to the gold, they then are also pursued by Spanish soldiers. It all leads to a small Mexican town terrorized by soldiers and led a by a good priest (Joaquim De Almeida) who also has knowledge of the gold.
Reviews
While this film is by no means as good of a film as a Sergio Leone western from the spaghetti western heyday, it is much better than your average spaghetti western from its heyday period. They made many films when these kind of films were popularized by such films as For a Few Dollars More, Django, and Minnesota Clay comparative to the amount of B westerns that Hollywood poured out in the 30's, 40's, and 50's due to the popularity of films such as 'Stagecoach'. Think of it as a spaghetti western slapped into a Robert Rodriguez film. Its quite fun really. Estevez, Forsythe, and Long all give good performances. The script is well written, and somewhat poetic, and beautiful in the end. I would really rate the film really as a 6.5 out of 10 stars, but I gave it a 7 out of 10 since some other users apparently did not think very much of it. You will certainly enjoy it if you are a fan of Emilio Estevez, as I am. I think it is one of his more enjoyable films. He fits the character very nicely.
I just got the DVD I love this Movie Every since I seen it on TV took for ever to find it on DVD for USA. It funny how his gun never need to be reloaded but two to three times. there are a few great one liners in this movie.If you think Clint Eastwood did some far out shooting wait till you see this he kills more men in one shoot out then Clint would do in one movie.Emilio Estevez is a one man army he has handguns that seem to appear out of no were If you like Spaghetti Westerns your sure to love this one. It is filled with comedy as well as lighting fast gun play As they search for all the section of the map to the cash of confederate gold The movie could use a few more twist and turns but it great just the way it is I have watch it three times this week to me it is Awesome.Also buy the way I found the DVD on amazon.com.
Ugggg. What happened to E. Esteves? This film was so bad, it bad me laugh.Did anyone else nearly pee themselves laughing when Howie Long askssomeone if the Stranger (Esteves) had 'Hard Eyes?' A lot of comments for this film go on and on about the action.... I fail to see how it can even be considered as anything but a spoof. Believability is shot to hell, when I am reduced to counting how many shots the guy has in his 6-shooter... hint: it should only be 6! At one point he fires off over 8 from one pistol. As far as emulating John Woo, it nearly does, because his actions scenes are nearly as bad as these,... only there weren't and slow-motion shots with doves in this one.Rent this movie only if you havn't gotten a big enough laugh at Howie Long's film career.
Tongue - in - cheek western adventure with all the "clichés" of the genre. A lone gunfighter (Estevez) teams up with a ex - confederate soldier (Forsythe) to find gold in a little Mexican village tormented by ruthless bandits. Mr. Quintano, the director of this one, seems a bit influenced by John Woo (mainly in the scenes of shooting). Extremely predictable but otherwise effective in its purpose. A good fun for western addicts. I give this a 6 (six).
