Take a Hard Ride
by Antonio Margheriti
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Actor: Catherine Spaak, Fred Williamson, Jim Brown, Jim Kelly (II), Lee Van CleefDirector: Antonio Margheriti
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 103 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-01-17
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
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Movie Reviews of Take a Hard Ride
Movie Review: Spaghetti Western Apocalypse
Summary: 4 Stars
Take A Hard Ride may sound like a porno, but it's actually a spaghetti western-A good one too! A spaghetti western directed by "Anthony Dawson" (who in reality is Antonio Margheriti, who every man, woman and child knows directed the box office smash, CANNIBAL APOCALYPSE), and starring Lee Van Cleef, Jim Brown, Fred "The Hammer" Williamson, and Jim Kelly. If that doesn't get the ol' mouth watering, I'm not sure what will.
The genre was on it's way out around this time, so the films had to try and push new angles if they were to survive. As you can see by the cast, this was an attempt to cross over the blaxploitation genre with the western genre. In the movie, Jim Brown has sworn to his dying business partner that he will take a large sum of gold to Mexico to his buddy's daughter. Soon, Brown finds himself the target of just about every bounty hunter, outlaw, blacksmith and shoemaker in the west. The most dangerous adversary is bounty hunter Lee Van Cleef, who gathers a small army to get Brown. How all these people found out about Brown's mission and the fact that he's carrying gold is a mystery. It's not like Brown went around town announcing what he intended to do. How the hell does everybody know what Brown is doing? Brown gets a small group of companions as well that include Fred Williamson, a sneaky gambler who carries snakes around with him. Jim Kelly(as a Native American!) and a prostitute chick also join the expedition. Basically it's a lot of chases and gunfights on the way to Mexico.
Not a bad movie, quite entertaining actually. Probably not for the average Baby Mama fan, but for goofballs like me.
Summary of Take a Hard Ride
Take a tough-as-nails trail boss (Jim Brown of THE DIRTY DOZEN and THREE THE HARD WAY), a smooth gambler (Fred Williamson of BLACK CAESAR and BUCKTOWN) and a ruthless bounty hunter (Lee Van Cleef of THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY). Add a mute martial arts master (Jim Kelly of ENTER THE DRAGON), a desperate prostitute (Catherine Spaak of CAT O? NINE TAILS) and hundreds of greed-crazed gunmen. Turn them all loose in a chase to the Mexican border for a fortune in gold, and you have the action-packed epic that brings together the worlds of ?Blaxploitation? and classic Westerns like never before! Hollywood legends Dana Andrews (LAURA, THE OXBOW INCIDENT), Barry Sullivan (FORTY GUNS, THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL) and Harry Carey Jr. (RED RIVER, THE SEARCHERS) co-star in this adventure hit that rides hard as one of the last great Westerns of the decade!Similar DVD Movies
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