Linkshoch
Wonderful Movie
Intcatinfo
A Masterpiece!
TaryBiggBall
It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.
winner55
A remnant of an ancient Mexican civilization has nestled itself undiscovered by white in the Grand Canyon; a chieftain from that village captures a white girl for a wife; young brother of the girl goes on quest to bring her home, accompanied by a grizzled old trapper and, later, by the deposed king of the village.What a grand concept! One can imagine any sort of adventure movie developing out of it - sort of like, Ford's "The Searchers" starring "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom," or if played for humor, maybe "True Grit" meets "Tom Sawyer." Well, despite the great concept this is a terrible movie. Richard Boone is the most capable actor here, but he's reduced to playing an obnoxious drunk saying the same handful of lines over and over again. His character could have been central to the story, but is used as mere comic side-kick. And guess what the comic side-kick does in the action-scene climax? He sleeps through it! The rest of the actors are little more than annoying - especially the actor in the ten male lead role. The dialog is whiny and repetitive. The cinematography manages to make some of the most beautiful scenery in the world seem flat. The composition is banal, all full-shots and close-ups and the occasional long-shot - nothing that heightens emotional intensity or emphasizes themes. The plot twists at the end - all of them predictable - simply drag on what could have been a snappy finish, idiotically avoiding the major confrontation the story set us up for.One of the worst treatments of a great idea in film-making history. The cowardly refusal to get to the drama, the suspense, the action of this idea is shameful. And given the promise of the premise, a real betrayal of audience expectations.
whpratt1
This is a cute story about a pioneer family who have a girl and a boy and the girl is a few years older than her brother. The girl is religious and reads a scripture to her brother about a person giving his own life for a friend is the greatest show of love, this bit of advice stays with this young man. One day the girl encounters a different tribe of Indians who wore a gold head piece around his head and they kidnapped the young girl. The father goes out hunting for his daughter and then the son decides to put his life on the line for his sister and he devotes himself to finding her. There are many twists and turns to this film and Richard Boone plays the role as a drunken prospector and scout who knows all the Indians and speaks their many languages. This is a very entertaining film with many great film locations in the West. Enjoy.
helpless_dancer
Cornball, super low budget film with amateur performances by all...and that includes Rich Boone. Actually, Boone gives his standard act, which seems to be basically all he cares to deliver. I suppose he has his bit down pat and doesn't care to deviate. The best performance of all came from his mutt, Bar Killer, who totally outshone all of his human counterparts. The tired old 'indian takes a white slave' story has been done to death by Hollywood and this picture merely trods over the same old turf as the gritty little brother goes after his abducted sister with the "help" of a pusgutted wino and a dying redskin. The whole production was grade B and totally predictable all the way. I must say the scenes of Arches Monument were excellent and captured the rocky beauty of the southwestern U.S. nicely.
dwpollar
1st watched 10/7/2000 - (Dir-Earl Bellamy): Despite obvious low-budget and G-rating(with very intense themes) this movie shows what true love & faith is about and keeps you interested til the end. Portrays dying for others in a real way with God prevailing by protecting all those involved with him.
