Film Title: The Outlaw Josey Wales
Year: 1976
MPAA Rating: R
Length: 135 min
Film Genre: Western/Drama
Director: Clint Eastwood
Producer: Robert Daley
Writers: Forrest Carter
Players:
Clint Eastwood as Josey Wales
Sondra Locke as Laura Lee
Chief Dan George as Lone Watie
Plot: After the murder of his family, Josey Wales decides to take the fight to the men that killed them.
Acting: Clint Eastwood is simply amazing in this film, in my humble opinion this and Unforgiven are his best work. Chief Dan George is hillarious as his Cherokee companion.
Cinematography The emphasis of certain things really stands out (Wales spitting and his gun movements). Nothing really special about the directing, Eastwood is just a good director.
Visual: It's a western. No over the top camera work, no special effects just straight forward camera work.
Audio: Again it is a Western. The audio is good, the gunfire sounds good and all the dialogue is clear and clean.
When I watched it last: 1 day prior to the review
What to watch for: Eastwood and his amazing performance. The evolution of Josey Wales from man with nothing to lose to man that has everything to fight for.
What to watch out for: Brief Nudity and moments of Strong Sexual content
IMDB Rating: 7.7 out of 10
Roger Ebert Rating: 3 out 4 stars
The Cinema Standard Overall Score: 8.5 out of 10. This is an amazing western.
--Reviewed by Jason
2 comments:
Eastwood is Westerns.
Although I liked IN THE LINE OF FIRE and a few of the DIRTY HARRY movies, I think he is in his element as a vigilante cowboy type.
Of course, there's the Man With No Name trilogy, but there are a few others that you should check out:
Pale Rider (9/10)
Unforgiven (8/10)
Hang 'Em High (8/10)
High Plains Drifter (7/10)
Joe Kidd (6/10)
Been watching this movie for years; from Chief Dan George to Eastwood; this must be one of the better westerns made...1 man standing up for what he thinks is right...now how Henry Fonda-Gary Cooper is that!
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