- Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman play retired, down-on-their-luck outlaws who pick up their guns one last time to collect a bounty offered by the vengeful prostitutes of the remote Wyoming town of Big Whiskey. Richard Harris is an ill-fated interloper, a colorful killer-for-hire called English Bob. And Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner Gene Hackman is the sly and brutal local sheriff whose brand
Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman play retired, down-on-their-luck outlaws who pick up their guns one last time to collect a bounty offered by the vengeful prostitutes of the remote Wyoming town of Big Whiskey. Richard Harris is an ill-fated interloper, a colorful killer-for-hire called English Bob. And Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner Gene Hackman is the sly and brutal local sheriff whose brand of law enforcement ranges from unconventional to ruthless.Winner of four Academy Awards, including best picture, director, supporting actor, and best editing, Clint Eastwood’s 1992 masterpiece stands as one of the greatest and most thematically compelling Westerns ever made. “The movie summarized everything I feel about the Western,” said Eastwood at the time of the film’s release. “The moral is the concern with gunplay.” To illustrate that theme, Eastwood stars as a retired, once-ruthless killer-turned-gentle-widower and hog farmer. He accepts one last bounty-hunter mission–to find the men who brutalized a prostitute–to help support his two motherless children. Joined by his former partner (Morgan Freeman) and a cocky greenhorn (Jaimz Woolvett), he takes on a corrupt sheriff (Oscar winner Gene Hackman) in a showdown that makes the viewer feel the full impact of violence and its corruption of the soul. Dedicated to Eastwood’s mentors Sergio Leone and Don Siegel and featuring a colorful role for Richard Harris, it’s arguably Eastwood’s crowning directorial achievement. –Jeff ShannonWinner of four Academy Awards, including best picture, director, supporting actor, and best editing, Clint Eastwood’s 1992 masterpiece stands as one of the greatest and most thematically compelling Westerns ever made. “The movie summarized everything I feel about the Western,” said Eastwood at the time of the film’s release. “The moral is the concern with gunplay.” To illustrate that theme, Eastwood stars as a retired, once-ruthless killer-turned-gentle-widower and hog farmer. He accepts one last bounty-hunter mission–to find the men who brutalized a prostitute–to help support his two motherless children. Joined by his former partner (Morgan Freeman) and a cocky greenhorn (Jaimz Woolvett), he takes on a corrupt sheriff (Oscar winner Gene Hackman) in a showdown that makes the viewer feel the full impact of violence and its corruption of the soul. Dedicated to Eastwood’s mentors Sergio Leone and Don Siegel and featuring a colorful role for Richard Harris, it’s arguably Eastwood’s crowning directorial achievement. The digital video disc offers standard and widescreen formats and a remastered soundtrack. –Jeff Shannon
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January 1, 2006
#1
I don’t share the same enthusiasm as other reviewers…
This is an absolutly boring movie and be warned nearly 60% of the movie is shooting in night time.So you are in the black .A lot of fun garanteed…!!!!
Zero action and zero everything.
The HD DVD transfer is surely not what you expect from High definition.
January 1, 2006
#2
I GUESS ITS ABOUT TIME I GOT AROUND TO REVIEWING THIS FILM.
I LOVE EASTWOOD AND AM ENAMORED WITH GOOD ‘WESTERNS’ UNFORTUNATELY THIS AINT ONE OF THEM.
YES, IT IS WELL DIRECTED, WELL WRITTEN AND WELL ACTED. SO WHATS MY BEEF? IT AINT A WESTERN! WESTERNS ARE ABOUT BIG FOLKS DOING BIG THINGS. AND THE BIG FOLKS ARENT GUILT RIDDEN, WHINING RETROBATES.
THIS MOVIE WHINES, AND MOANS, AND GROANS THROUGH THE FIRST HOUR AND A HALF. IF IT WASNT FOR GENE HACKMAN’S GIDDY ROLE AS THE SOUR BUT REAL AND NOT WHINING ‘BIG WHISKEY’ SHERIFF IT WOULD BE UNBEARABLE. (AINT IT FUNNY HOW LIBERALS PLAY REALLY GOOD CONSERVATIVES? I THINK ITS BECAUSE INSIDE EVERY LIBERAL THERE IS AN INTELLIGENT CONSERVATIVE WANTING TO GET OUT!)
AT ANY RATE OUR PROTAGONIST, THE BEMOANED EASTWOOD RELUCTANTLY TRAVELS OUT ON A ‘KILLING’ BECAUSE HE NEEDS THE MONEY. HE IS PARTNERD WITH A FAR SIGHTED KID WHO DOESNT KNOW SHINOLA FROM YOU KNOW WHAT, AND ‘NED’ EASTWOOD’S COMPADRE FROM THE OLD DAYS.
NEITHER NED NOR THE BOY HAVE THE STOMACH FOR THE JOB. AND THATS WHERE I HAVE MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THIS STORY. IT HAS NO CREDIBILITY. I CAN ALREADY HEAR THE ‘REBUTTALS’ I KNOW THAT IS THE STORY. BUT LIKE A BLIND HOUND “THAT DOG WONT HUNT!”
THE FILMS ONLY SAVING GRACE IS AT THE END WHERE EASTWOOD’S ‘ WILL MUNNY’ FINALLY GROWS SOME GUTS AND WIPES OUT THE GUYS WHO HAVE BRUTALLY INTERROGATED AND KILLED ‘NED.’
THE ONLY THING UNFORGIVEN HERE, IS EASTWOOD, FOR INSULTING THE VERY GENRE THAT MADE HIM WHAT HE IS.
January 1, 2006
#3
Oh, Hollywood, please forgive me for making millions with numerous films that contained blood, gore and revenge. I just needed the money, but now that I’m old I’m sorry. Please disregard the stunning,highly original “The Crying Game.” I want to keep the Oscar in the U.S.A. Remember “The Alamo” Dirty Harry” and “The Okay, the Mediocre and the Wrinkled.”
January 1, 2006
#4
I have no idea what the big deal with this movie is. I was told by a couple of people that it was one of the greatest movies they have ever seen. Well apparently they haven’t seen too many. It was aweful. And just so you don’t think I have horrible taste in movies. Here are some of the movies that I think are REALLY great: Once Upon A Time In America, Saving Private Ryan, The Shawshank Redemption, Good Fellas, Enemy At The Gates, and Life Is Beautiful. Save your money!!
January 1, 2006
#5
The only thing you will be wishing upon when you are done is where is my money and I wish I did something better on a friday night. Worst Western ever made.