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Release Date: 07 May, 2002 Retail Price: $9.99 OUR Price: $9.99 You SAVE: $0.00! Cast: Complete Cast (9 total) |
The Cowboy Way Reviews
EAST MEETS WEST WITH EXPLOSIVE RESULTS!
When two New Mexico cowboys head for New York in search of a missing friend, East meets West with explosive results. Kiefer Sutherland and Woody Harrelson star as two estranged team ropers who determine to teach a group of small-time gangsters that THE COWBOY WAY will win out every time. Dylan McDermot of THE PRACTICE plays the ruthless gangster who has all the answers the cowboys are looking for. The confrontation between Sutherland, Harrelson and McDermot is classic.
No, it's not LONESOME DOVE. But THE COWBOY WAY is a dramedy that will keep you coming back. Kiefer Sutherland, who is a roper on the side in real life, is especially convincing.
A classic theme reworked
It's rather more violent than "Crocodile Dundee" or Tom Selleck's early effort "Concrete Cowboys," but "The Cowboy Way" reminds me of both. Once again, the chief thrust is incongruity--the country boys in the Big City, coping with its traps and perils in their own distinct style. And while I'm not a fan of either Harrelson (who plays the womanizing Pepper Lewis) or Sutherland (his steadier, more focused lifetime buddy Sonny Gilstrap), I enjoyed the way they brought their characters to life. What's more, there's an element of inter-hero conflict in the bitter estrangement that has stood between them ever since Pepper failed to show up for a regional event and they had to forfeit their chance at the prize money that would have been "a down payment on [Sonny's] ranch." Besides a very nasty villain and a more avuncular, almost sympathetic one (who is ultimately shot by his young protege), the peripheral characters include the black mounted cop Sam, who plays a major part in the resolution of the case. The scriptwriters reveal the depths of the two protagonists gradually and skilfully, culminating in Pepper's unexpectedly creative means of ransoming the treasured New Mexico State Champion buckle Sonny has pawned to arm them. This is ultimately a story about friendship, loyalty, forgiveness, and courage, and as such it appeals on a very basic level. It may never be called a "classic," but it's definitely worth a look.
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