Gregory Peck and The Bravados
Posted: September 4th, 2007, 12:38 pm
Never saw this one before, so I put up with the AMC commercials and was really glad I did.
Peck was in his absolute PRIME in this one. Not a wrinkle, not a blemish on his face, not a grey hair, slim and athletic looking, yum, yum, yum. Oh . . . the movie. . . . Yeah. . . . He's chasing these 4 guys who raped and murdered his wife. As it progresses, you learn he has a little girl who a neighbor is watching for him while he hunts. Joan Collins is an old girlfriend who pops up and reclaims her previous status. He finds 3 of the 4 guys, and at the end, of course finds the fourth. I can't comment on the outcome, but I can say Greg was a good enough actor that I wish someone like John Ford had directed because this director had him talking too much. If you recall 12 O'Clock High, Mockingbird, or On the Beach, you know that visually Greg can hold a scene with no words uttered. This is a good man who has done some things he would never condone in other circumstances. It was a good chase and mete punishment film until the last 15 minutes where it just falls apart and the writers become lazy.
On the whole it's a good cowboy movie, and worth catching, hopefully on a commercial free venue. The ending forbids any further scrutiny.
Anne
Peck was in his absolute PRIME in this one. Not a wrinkle, not a blemish on his face, not a grey hair, slim and athletic looking, yum, yum, yum. Oh . . . the movie. . . . Yeah. . . . He's chasing these 4 guys who raped and murdered his wife. As it progresses, you learn he has a little girl who a neighbor is watching for him while he hunts. Joan Collins is an old girlfriend who pops up and reclaims her previous status. He finds 3 of the 4 guys, and at the end, of course finds the fourth. I can't comment on the outcome, but I can say Greg was a good enough actor that I wish someone like John Ford had directed because this director had him talking too much. If you recall 12 O'Clock High, Mockingbird, or On the Beach, you know that visually Greg can hold a scene with no words uttered. This is a good man who has done some things he would never condone in other circumstances. It was a good chase and mete punishment film until the last 15 minutes where it just falls apart and the writers become lazy.
On the whole it's a good cowboy movie, and worth catching, hopefully on a commercial free venue. The ending forbids any further scrutiny.
Anne