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Movie Reviews of Lawman
Movie Review: Western Justice!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great violent western. Lancaster proves hecan step up and be just as tough as Eastwood and Wayne.
The action is superb. Western fans-Don't miss this one!
Movie Review: Among his Best!
Summary: 5 Stars
These oldies were really packed with action for those days so you can't really compare to Rambo,DieHard,Bourne Ultimatum et al, but they're still fun to watch.Movie Review: Love the old westerns
Summary: 5 Stars
What a pleasure to watch a movie, with no profanity, no nudity. Sorry, but I am a prude! The actors in the "old" days, were worth watching.Movie Review: Lawman
Summary: 5 Stars
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Movie Review: Lancaster still has it...
Summary: 4 Stars
In this 1971 film, Lancaster is a bit past his prime. However, he still has the marvelous acting qualities that make his work stand out.The direction, on the other hand, his a bit hit and miss for me. While the mood and atmosphere created by Winner are almost perfect, his "Bad 70s TV Action-Zoom Cam" gets in the way, with the camera zipping everywhere but where it ought to be. Much of this film called for more subtle camera motion, and the abuse of the zoom lens effect permanently marks the film as a product of its time.
On the plus side, the aging gunfighters depicted by Lancaster, Cobb, and Ryan, the feeling of changing times, and the sense of a closing chapter in the history of the West are all spot on. It called to mind moments in "The Magnificent Seven" or another Lancaster film, "The Professionals", in which the day of the gunfighter has all but ended, leaving the few remaining with a stuggle to find their place.
Ryan and Cobb are equally good here, but Ryan probably gets the edge. His character shows the gunfighter coming to terms with modern times by giving in and becoming part of them. Cobb depicts the will to change if only events would allow it. Lancaster is the embodiment of justice in the Old West, and change is resisted.
Familliar faces pop up here and there, with Ralph Waite (Pa on "The Waltons") and John Hillerman (Higgins of "Magnum, PI") both in minor supporting roles. Waite plays one of the bad guys (in muttonchops!), while Hillerman is a citizen in the background. Hillerman's western accent is British instead, which is probably why he got only two lines in this one.
A good, solid western, set in a stark evaporating frontier town just before 1900, the film is a keeper. The ending is a bit out of place and not particularly satisfying, but it is not rediculous. If you can sit through an hour and forty minutes of the Action Zoom Cam, you will find another wonderful Lancaster film waiting for you.