The Undefeated
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Movie Reviews of The Undefeated
Movie Review: undefeated
Summary: 3 Stars
I think this movie is a great movie because Blueboy a cool character to help other people.Movie Review: Demise of the Western
Summary: 1 Stars
Andrew V. McLaglen (the director of this rubbish) and Burt Kennedy (a contemporary who churned out equally worthless films) managed to kill the western genre during the late 1960s through the mid 1970s. These guys honestly make Kevin Costner westerns seem like masterpieces. THE UNDEFEATED typifies their magic formula of big name stars, no script, gunfights every 27 minutes, a blaring soundtrack, a little bit of slapstick, and a lot of bad acting. Add a touch of young love and NFL players who want to be actors and voila -- you have a memorable cinematic experience like THE UNDEFEATED!The only people who will find this entertaining are John Wayne fans -- who will have their loyalty to the screen legend tested by this film -- and those who still argue for the nobility of the Confederacy. This latter group are probably heartbroken at the film's ending when Rock Hudson and company are not successful in establishing a Confederate haven in Mexico from which they can continue to fight for the valiant cause of the South. Alas. Rock Hudson as Colonel James Langdon embodies the prototypical Confederate hero who loves his slaves, loves the South even more, is a proper gentleman, and will burn his plantation estate before he lets Yankee carpetbaggers get their hands on his Eden. Bravo! Perhaps my favorite scene is when Rock gives one of his older slaves his daddy's gold watch. The poignancy is overwhelming. I guess the message is: I'll give you this priceless antique before I give you your freedom.
Even without this Southern revisionist crap, THE UNDEFEATED would be awful. The only reason it gets one star is that John Wayne's sideburns in this film absolutely rock. In fact, I would have been much more entertained by a film about the Duke's sideburns and Rock Hudson's mustache. Maybe Andrew V. McLaglen will use that idea for a directorial comeback vehicle!!! We can only hope.
Movie Review: White Men Stick Together
Summary: 1 Stars
I've seen this film several times and I always find it disturbing because it strikes me as classic Hollywood in that though the Civil War is central to the film, at no point is slavery ever mentioned. Which is to say that the film turns on the reconciliation of North and South and their mutual interests, which come to the fore as they are fighting Mexicans. Though I must say that the scene with Wayne and Hudson swigging bourbon as they recount the war is entertaining, ultimately, the film's unwillingness to explore the nature of their difference--which could be their differing notions of whether people should be property (albeit John Wayne's films generally portray his relations with people of color as paternalistic at best), is left unexplored, as if the Civil War was some kind of minor family squabble that requires whites rediscovering their mutual interests to overcome. It could be that this is a film about honor, but it feels more to me like the usual Hollywood distortion of history.Movie Review: torture. danger zone
Summary: 1 Stars
dont waste an hour or two on this clunker. this movie has good actors like Rock Hudson and John Wayne among others but dont be fooled by them it is simply one of their worst films so dont be fooled and dont waste a good hour or two.Movie Review: One Of Those Crappy Midlife John Wayne Movies
Summary: 1 Stars
This movie is just pain crappy as a lot of John Wayne's later films were. That doesn't mean I didn't like John Wayne, he was and is one of my favorites, but this film sucks.