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classic western storyline with unusual features
This is a riveting film with good acting and, although there is nothing original in the basic storyine, there are some unusual and interesting features. It is good to see a western which upholds traditional values instead of celebrating meanness and selfishness as so many modern films have done and still do (although it's getting better!).
This film reminds me of Kevin Costner's "Free Range" - if this DVD film had been on the large screen, with some tighter direction, it might have merited classic status.

A great Western ala John Wayne/John Ford
Tom Selleck and Director, Simon Wincer have collaborated on three Westerns: "Monte Walsh", "Quigley Down Under", and this film, "Crossfire Trail." All three films are the direct modern descendants of the great, archetypal westerns made by the collaboration of John Wayne and Director, John Ford.

When watching Selleck, one cannot help but be reminded of the Duke. Like John Wayne, Selleck fills the screen. When he is on screen, you cannot help but watch him. There is also sincerity to his style, an authenticity especially in a Western that immediately connects with the viewer.

There are several things one can always depend on in a Selleck/Wincer Western:

First, it will be a Western in the classic mold; meaning that the hero will be heroic and the villains will be evil (and both sides will be well rounded, human characters). The fight will be good against evil, honor versus greed. There will always be a simple, great story about men and women who seem achingly made of flesh and blood (this trait is shared with all the great films of John Ford, who primarily loved to flesh characters out fully in film, even the small character parts).

Second, the period feel will be perfect. There is not an actor alive today, or maybe ever, that has a deeper understanding of the American West than Tom Selleck. The look of the towns, the dress and leather gear, and especially the firearms, are all painstakingly perfect. Only the Duke himself ever seemed as competent with a lever action rifle.

Finally, all three films by Selleck/Wincer were photographed by David Eggby, and they are all (in the grand tradition) sweepingly beautiful.

If you are looking for a film that "demythologizes" the West, look elsewhere and good riddance to you. Great film making is about mythmaking, and the Western has always been a place were myths were given landscapes to roam. -Mykal Banta


Delassement
Bon western de série A' qui repose de toutes les guerres des étoiles et autres sciences fiction, de configuration bande dessinée.

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