The Ox-Bow Incident
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Movie Reviews of The Ox-Bow Incident
Movie Review: A Timeless Classic
Summary: 5 Stars
The Ox-Bow Incident is one of those seminal films where everything about it looks right, feels right, and sounds right. The acting, directing, and script are almost more accurate than we can stand, given that the main thrust of the story proves how methodically misguided people can be.
Henry Fonda and Henry Morgan play two drifters who happen into a Western town reeling from the murder of a popular and powerful rancher. They join the town's posse, and catch three men in possession of the rancher's cattle. The posse quickly turns into a lynch mob, with Fonda trying to keep things calm and rational.
The story reveals the sometimes dark and disturbing tendency of society to react with haste and violence rather than with reason and mercy. Based on a true story and a best-selling novel, The Ox-Bow Incident is a cautionary tale, but it is also a mirror. One that is easier to break or ignore than it is to look at.
Movie Review: A masterpiece!
Summary: 5 Stars
What are the last consequences about a crowd who decide to lynch a man?Notice this film is made in just the middle of WW2. William Wellman made a timeless script about the no sense and the unthinkable behavior of a crowd in a small town who have decided in the name of a collective honor code to make justice by themselves.
You must have noticed that in the most of the cases the human being acts due the passion instead the reason. And that's the nucleus of the film . The concept of justice can not associate just because the number by itself imposses . This a warning for all of us .
Since the collective memory is weak and their feelings are always under the reason , you may inquire the reason must prevail. But beware. The point to remark is that the passion must under the reason's service .
In 1935 Fritz Lang made his first film in USA titled Fury with a closest script.
A powerful and timeless film!
Movie Review: Great westerns don't have to always have a happy ending.
Summary: 5 Stars
"Hangin' is any man's business that's around." Henry Fonda's father took him to the site of a lynching that occurred the previous morning and told young Henry that statement, and that line was used in the movie at Henry Fonda's insistence. It's hard to watch movies like this because it exposes the soul of every man. At a tight 75 minutes, the plot and dialogue move along at a good pace. Beautiful performances by Dana Andrews and Anthony Quinn along with the reaction shots of the mob after the final realization of their lynching leave an indelible mark on the watcher. It was nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture and in 1998 it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Movie Review: Magnificent and still very relevant
Summary: 5 Stars
Never has so much tragedy been packed into such a brief film (not even 90 minutes in length). Ostensibly a western, this film is an unsettling examination of the nature of mob mentality. In large part, the wave of lynchings sweeping the Jim Crow South was behind the story being told. Although, fortunately, lynching is for the most part behind us, our propensity towards a mob mentality remains with us in great abundance. In times of national hysteria, movies such as this are a not so subtle reminder of what we, as a species at large, are sometimes capable of doing.This is a magnificently crafted film. The tragedy of the events still carry great impact, even after 60 years. This a truly moving film that should by all means be a part of every collection, even if you don't care particularly for westerns.
Movie Review: This western will get you thinking about justice
Summary: 5 Stars
As many have noted, the Ox-Bow incident is not your typical Western. It does not contain a lot of action, the scenery is pretty limited, and the cast is not that great, but it really will get you thinking about justice. Many other reviewers have described the plot, so I will not detail it here. Needless to say, the scenes that are most riveting are the ones where the men are trying to decide what to do with the supposed guilty men. The theme of this film is as relevant today, as it was when it was released. We so easily jump to our own conclusions that we sometimes get things wrong. In this case, the mistake is fatal.
If you are looking for a pretty short film, based on a classic novel, that will get you thinking, then Ox-Bow incident is a good choice. I enjoyed and think you might as well.