VividSimon Simply Perfect

Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

arfdawg-1 The eldest daughter of a pioneer family is kidnapped by a mysterious Indian tribe and the eldest son pursues. In order to win back his sister's freedom, he must sacrifice his own life by passing the test of "Crooked Sky" and shield his sister from an executioner's arrow. Along the way, he recruits a broken down, drunk prospector to help him track down the unknown tribe and rescue his sister. Starts out awfully pretentious.The print I saw on Roku was blurry.The story could never be told today in this political correct world. How low we have sunk in 30 years.

winner55 A remnant of an ancient Mexican civilization has nestled itself undiscovered by white in the Grand Canyon; a chieftain from that village captures a white girl for a wife; young brother of the girl goes on quest to bring her home, accompanied by a grizzled old trapper and, later, by the deposed king of the village.What a grand concept! One can imagine any sort of adventure movie developing out of it - sort of like, Ford's "The Searchers" starring "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom," or if played for humor, maybe "True Grit" meets "Tom Sawyer." Well, despite the great concept this is a terrible movie. Richard Boone is the most capable actor here, but he's reduced to playing an obnoxious drunk saying the same handful of lines over and over again. His character could have been central to the story, but is used as mere comic side-kick. And guess what the comic side-kick does in the action-scene climax? He sleeps through it! The rest of the actors are little more than annoying - especially the actor in the ten male lead role. The dialog is whiny and repetitive. The cinematography manages to make some of the most beautiful scenery in the world seem flat. The composition is banal, all full-shots and close-ups and the occasional long-shot - nothing that heightens emotional intensity or emphasizes themes. The plot twists at the end - all of them predictable - simply drag on what could have been a snappy finish, idiotically avoiding the major confrontation the story set us up for.One of the worst treatments of a great idea in film-making history. The cowardly refusal to get to the drama, the suspense, the action of this idea is shameful. And given the promise of the premise, a real betrayal of audience expectations.

jmorrison-2 A surprisingly sweet, decent movie. You have to overlook the poor production, the wooden acting, the questionnable camerawork, the shrill sound.Still, a well-told, compelling, moral tale of giving your life for others.

helpless_dancer Cornball, super low budget film with amateur performances by all...and that includes Rich Boone. Actually, Boone gives his standard act, which seems to be basically all he cares to deliver. I suppose he has his bit down pat and doesn't care to deviate. The best performance of all came from his mutt, Bar Killer, who totally outshone all of his human counterparts. The tired old 'indian takes a white slave' story has been done to death by Hollywood and this picture merely trods over the same old turf as the gritty little brother goes after his abducted sister with the "help" of a pusgutted wino and a dying redskin. The whole production was grade B and totally predictable all the way. I must say the scenes of Arches Monument were excellent and captured the rocky beauty of the southwestern U.S. nicely.