Post by crego on Jun 5, 2009 2:00:13 GMT -5
Shot in Spain, this biopic is not as good as it looks. Maurice Jarre wrote a great score, reminiscent of his own "THE PROFESSIONALS", but Sam Peckinpah's script has been butchered, and Yul Brynner, in a terrible wig, is badly miscast as the revolutionary leader.
It's a shame, because in his first role with a mustache, Bronson is great as Villa's henchman, a ruthless killer. The director made Fierro a sadistic clown, and Bronson is surprinsgly good at comedy. Jill Ireland can be spotted in a restaurant scene, at the end with Mitchum, her first of many films with her husband.
But something doesn't work in "VILLA RIDES !", and the film is a disapointment, sometimes as cheap as a bad spaghetti western.
Bronson being "good with a gun", quoting Mitchum.
It's a shame, because in his first role with a mustache, Bronson is great as Villa's henchman, a ruthless killer. The director made Fierro a sadistic clown, and Bronson is surprinsgly good at comedy. Jill Ireland can be spotted in a restaurant scene, at the end with Mitchum, her first of many films with her husband.
But something doesn't work in "VILLA RIDES !", and the film is a disapointment, sometimes as cheap as a bad spaghetti western.
Bronson being "good with a gun", quoting Mitchum.
