Spidersecu Don't Believe the Hype

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Brainsbell The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

bkoganbing It's too bad that Sam Elliot was born about 30 years too late and was not on the scene in the 40s and 50s when westerns began to change to more adult themes. He was as born to the saddle as a Joel McCrea or a Gary Cooper was, Elliott would have been a superstar then.Not that he's done too badly now as The Desperate Trail shows. It's just that westerns have limited release for a specialized audience now. When we meet Elliott he's a marshal escorting a handcuffed prisoner for a date with a hangman. His prisoner is Linda Fiorentino and a holdup interrupts the journey.When all is said and done another passenger Craig Sheffer makes off with several grand in Wells Fargo money and Fiorentino is loose and Elliott in a most embarrassing position. Naturally the marshal rounds up a posse and pursues the outlaws.But this is a western with modern and adult themes, more modern than was discussed even in those beginning days of adult westerns. Sam and Linda do have a relationship of sorts and Linda is a battered spouse. As the film progresses Elliott is shown not to be the upstanding marshal that he professes to be and what we expect in the usual type of westerns.If you like action there are more than enough shooting incidents to satisfy your craving. Elliott, Fiorentino, and Sheffer give fine performances in the leads.A western with some very modern themes.

guydaley Its got a pretty face, one con man, a hardened marshal (Sam Elliot) and miscellaneous one-time deputies. Just another boilerplate western with very little creativity in the plot or anything else for that matter. What would Sam Elliot be without that unique voice who is better at voice overs, than anything else? (Beef, its whats for dinner) Lots of customary shootouts with people dropping from a spray of bullets. It gets five stars because its as mediocre as a movie can get. Not good and not bad. Here's the thing. I got a Sam Elliott "western collection" at a yard sale and this was the first of the three movies I watched. I'm going to read the reviews on the other two movies before wasting my time on another mediocre movie.

trpdean This movie seems to have been written under the shade of Unforgiven - the beating of a woman justifies over a dozen murders. I didn't see it that way. Throughout the movie, my sympathy (unlike that of Mr. English who also reviewed this) was with the marshal (as rough as he was) in catching and hanging the murderer - and her partner. The movie was very well-done though - and a particularly wonderful and surprising beginning.Note the wonderful chimed music when things get most exciting. It's worth seeing. Linda Fiorentino is superb - and Elliott was born to play westerns - and does this wonderfully - with great restraint.

heedarmy This little-known Western is well-made and well-cast, with strong performances from Craig Sheffer and Linda Fiorentino. What starts out as a light-hearted romp becomes progressively darker, shading into tragedy at the end. There is an unusual and striking music score, which materially adds to the film.