Karry
Best movie of this year hands down!
Ensofter
Overrated and overhyped
Intcatinfo
A Masterpiece!
lancekoz
Weird how things like this got made back then. Truly amateurish in all ways, but created out of a real love for the west, horses and ranch life. I get a kick of films like this, ones that try to be semi-documentary in content as they deliver a thin story. We are shown clips of salmon spawning, wild horses running, old fashion lo-glitz rodeo, Indians doing a tribal dance for show. In-between, there are men punching, flying, riding and shooting, and a really lame love story. Take it for what it's worth, I enjoyed it as a pre-dawn distraction from insomnia. I liked all the western plaid coats and handsome hair, but would've liked more pickup trucks.
tantrim-1
Who ever hired these actors must have paid them not to smile. Having a somber expression is paramount in this modern western while the story line has been intertwined with the wildlife scenes and if this movie was filmed in HD it might have saved it but unfortunately they didn't it back then. They had to use locals as the acting was amateurish even though the storyline is compelling. The actors don't show much enjoyment during the love scenes as it could be they hate each other. The color looked as if it was made using an eight millimeter camera. The sound effects were very professional. I have never seen any of the actors before so I can't say it could have been a launching pad for any of them toward bigger and better roles.
climbingivy
Mustang is an unusual western romance movie.While it is not in the league of a Joel McCrea or a John Wayne western,I liked the movie.First off I kept thinking about the color 1950s home movies that I have seen over the years from our family's home movie library.Mustang had that look about it from the color and the way the movie was filmed.I really like the fact that I had never seen any of the actors before in any other motion picture.That was refreshing.That is why I like Canadian movies.I get tired of the mainstream actors of today getting in the way of the story because they are showing off or they are lousy actors.You won't see an overrated George Clooney in this film.Mustang had some breathtaking scenery and the horses were beautiful.If you want to see a pleasant corny western with a little old fashioned romance sprinkled in then check this one out.I have this movie.
classicsoncall
About equal parts movie and stock footage, "Mustang!" is probably the only movie I've seen where every character is a creep, even the hero. Would it have hurt Gabe (Jack Buetel) or Nancy (Madalyn Trahey) to crack a smile every now and then? I don't think I'm being too picky when I say that the lead character should have had at least some charisma for the part, while the romantic interest of the story could have shown a hint of charm. Maybe the idea was to convey that the real star of the picture was August Moon, introduced in the opening credits as 'The Mustang'. If I may call him August for short, I'd say he was the only character in the story that didn't have to brood through his lines to create an impression. A quite natural performance too, doing what horses do, mainly running around the countryside and hanging out with the rest of the herd. If I had to guess, he probably could also tell the difference between a raccoon and an opossum, as outdoors-man Gabe certainly couldn't.I didn't start out trying to be so harsh on the film, but this one was just a chore to sit through. Maybe with it's current run on Encore Westerns, someone could get around to fixing up the cast credits on IMDb, as characters Sam and Shortbread were prominently mentioned, while Lou Hollis owned the ranch where the story took place; he's listed as a ranch hand. I already forgot the names of the two airplane shooter guys, but it's not that important, they were only in it for the money.The genre description for this one is Romance/Western, but one could make a pretty good case that it's neither. Only recommended for folks like myself who get up at four in the morning with nothing else to catch on TV.
