clewis2666

I am forever reading reviews of movies, both professional and amateur, on this excellent website, but I rarely write one myself. When I do, it is usually because I have rated a movie very highly when the general consensus has seemed to be otherwise. I have very rarely, if ever, written a review simply to rubbish a film, but this is one such.

Spaghetti westerns are silly, unreal and unbelievable versions of real westerns. They are, in effect, a desecration of the real thing. Everything about them is overdone, and stupid, particularly the camera work and the characterization. This film manages to take everything to the ultimate nadir. The central plot is disgusting, --a so-called game of deadly gun duels, one against one, until the last player is left standing. Sharon Stone, the star, is almost invisible, being so utterly colourless. Co-star Gene Hackman does his best with a silly characterization of a deadly killer and heaven knows what Russell Crowe was trying to be. Too absurd to be rated as a western of any sort and too horrid in every way to be rated higher than one star out of 10.

All involved should be made to watch a week of real westerns--I am sure any of the readers of this review would be able to supply them with a long list of suitable movies.

I don't often write reviews but when I saw so many downbeat reviews of this hilarious film I felt I had to align myself with those who enjoyed it.. I cannot recall a film comedy that I have enjoyed more than this one. If I wasn't laughing at the jokes, including rude ones, I was enjoying the great performances of the leads. I can see that for some people some of the rude humour went too far. Even I was shocked at times, but I continued laughing. Part of my pleasure was due to the fact that, not having heard of this film before I was not expecting anything special, and as my specialty is westerns I have high standards. And I got high standards--though of a different sort from what I expected! Bravo to everyone involved in this gem!