Runtime:
102 minutes
Directed
by: John Guillerman
Starring:
Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef, Patrick O'Neal, Marianna Hill
From:
National General Pictures
Here's
a random movie I hadn't even heard of until a few days ago. I checked
the schedule for what was on late at night on the Showtime/The Movie
Channel channels and this movie popped up. The two leads were
certainly appealing and so was the premise of the duo leading a bunch
of Apache warriors (led by Iron Eyes Cody) to raid a Mexican fort
that is said to contain a large stash of gold. I was hoping this
Western set in the 1860's would turn out to be good.
I
basically mentioned the plot already: Luke (Brown) is an escaped
convict who hears about the gold stash at El Condor; he runs into
Jaroo (Van Cleef), a lout of a guy who loves to drink and drink.
Jaroo happens to associate with the Apache and even speaks their
language. They all agree to go after the gold. They meet up with the
evil general who runs the fort (O'Neal) and his lady, the shapely
Hill.
As
I heard elsewhere, the movie isn't spectacular but it is still rather
entertaining; I agree with those sentiments. The leads work well
together, the action usually is pretty entertaining and there are
some nice sequences, the big Condor set is rather nice-looking, and
to my surprise there was no shortage of nudity. I mean, at one point
there's full-frontal... not that I was complaining! Speaking of sets,
Ms. Hill... well, let's just say you get to see her bare Hills, and
she must work out as she's fit... to paraphrase an IMDb commenter.
Sure,
at times it seems the film may be confused about the messages it's
trying to tell; otherwise, though, it's just enjoyable to watch and I
am not quite sure why it's so obscure now.
I'll
be back Monday night with a new review.
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