Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

ma-cortes Entertaining and amusing Western that tells the story of a thief (Burt Reynolds is of part Cherokee Indian descent) , his flight into Mexico and his pursuit by a Black American lawman (Jim Brown) and both of whom chased by a despotic military governor (Fernando Lamas) and his hoodlums (Aldo Sambrell , Eric Braeden) . As in 19th century Mexico appears a half-breed bank robber (Burt Reynolds plays a native/half-white American and his previous film, Navajo Joe 1966 , he also played an Indian) , he is Yaqui Joe , an Indian who robs a bank in order to buy guns for his people who are being savagely repressed by the government . As the lawman and the outlaw eventually become allies and team up with a female revolutionary (Raquel Welch) to help save them from annihilation and to take up the cause of the Indians. Stirring and exciting Western with thrills , violence , shootouts , a lot of firing squad and plenty of action in which a misfit group formed by Yaqui Joe and a sheriff join up with a female revolutionary and attempt to take money from a bank to buy arms for their oppressed people but all of them are relentlessly pursued by the Mexican Army . It includes spectacular pursuits in which the pursued protagonists cross impressive landscapes , rivers and mountains . Although quite racy in its day for its interracial sex sizzle of Brown and Welch , it's overblown and tame by today's standards . In fact , this film was apparently one of the first movies to feature a sex scene between people of different races . What it lacks in political correctness it makes up for in fits of action . Although this film was shot in Spain , it was filmed by an American studio -20th Century-Fox- with an American director , Tom Gries , producer Marvin Schwartz , and expert Western writer Cliff Huffaker , being based on the novel written by Robert MacLeod . Nice acting by Burt Reynolds as a mestizo or half Yaqui Indian who finds himself wanted by an American lawman , adequately played by Jim Brown . Raquel Welch is gorgeous and memorably over-the-top as as the woman who forms a strong axis to Brown . This is one of a number of westerns that Burt Reynolds made during the mid- to late 1960s and early 1970s . These include Navajo Joe(1966), Sam Whiskey (1969) and The man who loved Cat Dancing (1973). And gorgeous Raquel Welch giving a mediocre acting ; Raquel Welch and Burt Reynolds fell out whilst making this movie, three years later they both starred in "Fuzz" . Support casting and crew are formed by an European (usually Spanish) cast , all of them ordinaries in Paella/Spaghetti Western shot in Spain such as : Aldo Sambrell , Alberto Dalbes , Sancho Gracia , Jose Manuel Martin , Charly Bravo , Rafael Albaicín and the beauty Soledad Miranda as a prostitute . Superbly photographed by Cecilio Paniagua on spectacular outdoors from Almeria -though the train wreck station shot in Villamanta, Madrid- , including its terrain closely resembles the northeast Mexico/southwest US área and where in the 60s and 70s were filmed uncountable Westerns . The Spanish Cecilio Paniagua was a very good cameraman who photographed several Westerns such as ¨Custer of the West¨ , "Great Treasure Hunt" , and ¨Hunting party¨ , all of them filmed in Almeria . Special mention for the thrilling as well as evocative musical score by maestro Jerry Goldsmith , composed in his peculiar style . The motion picture was professionally directed by Tom Gries though flopped in theatres . This movie was filmed in the same Almeria, Spain, region as director Tom Gries' TV series The Rat Patrol (1966), both starred Eric Braeden . Traveling to Hollywood in 1947, Gries took a job as a talent agent, and eventually went to work for producer/director Stanley Kramer . He entered the production end of the business as an associate producer, then graduated to writing and producing documentaries. Tom switched to television, where he received an Emmy in 1963 for directing the series East Side/West Side (1963) . Tom was an expert director of Western as ¨Breakheart pass¨ , this ¨100 Rifles¨ , and ¨Will Penny¨ that is the best work ever made ; Gries also directed other successes as ¨Breakout¨, ¨The glass house¨ , ¨Helter Skelter¨ and TV series as ¨QBVII¨ , but he also made some real duds . His later output in other genres was routine.

trojans7 this my not be the best western ever made but for my money this is a great action flick. the action has not dated to bad. this is an action movie with the next battle more a priority than plot or story. I'm not saying this is a bad thing because we have see umpteen storys of this type before, so what tom grimes is give us a solid action movie in a western setting.as for the cast they are just outstanding, especially rachael. I'm a burt fan so he can't do no wrong but the surprise is big jim brown probably his best role. all the extras were good excluding some poor death scenes throughout but hay it is also a western and that comes with the territory. 100m rifles is truly worth seeing and the DVD look stunning a good transfer probably looks better than ever. if you have not watch a western before give it a go if your a western fan give it another go you will be surprised how well it has stood the test of time.

Poseidon-3 Some filmgoers may be surprised to know that there was a time when Brown could command top-billing over Welch and Reynolds. Here he plays a deputy sheriff, traveling across the Mexican border to retrieve Reynolds, who has robbed an American bank of $6,000. Just as Brown is about to nab Reynolds, all hell breaks loose due to Mexican general Lamas persecution of freedom-fighting peasants, led by curvaceous Welch. With commitment, purpose and loyalty questioned occasionally, Brown, Reynolds and Welch all wind up working together against Lamas, who is allied with O'Herlihy, a railroad representative, and Braeden, a German officer on hand to advise Lamas. The title weapons become a bargaining chip as both sides work hard to defeat the other. Before it's all over, a lot of bullets have been fired, a lot of things have been burned or blown up and plenty of blood has been spilled. Brown, who possessed a laid-back, almost gentle screen presence, is not as comfortable before the camera as he would later become, though his amiability and chemistry with Reynolds helps. Welch is, of course, quite stunning physically, but her acting (which includes a theek Mehican accent!) isn't exactly stellar. Also, not only did she not get along with Reynolds at all, but she also reneged on a nude scene she was supposed to film (it was done with a wet shirt instead.) She also, according to Brown, refused to do their love scene unless she had fabric in between their chests. Their highly publicized love scene is tame now, though it was surely arresting at the time. Stella Stevens would go further when she and Brown made "Slaughter" a few years later. Reynolds conveniently plays a half-Yaqui Indian and half Alabaman. His innate charisma allows him to walk away with most of his scenes while his sense of amused abandon foreshadows his later career. Lamas has a good time as the relentless villain of the film while O'Herlihy is appropriately shifty in his part. The towering Forest (best known for playing Apollo on an episode of "Star Trek") plays Welch's silent helpmate. Miranda has a spicy bit role as one of Reynolds' bedmates. The score for the film, by Jerry Goldsmith, is excellent, containing some unusual sounds/"instruments" no doubt left over from "The Planet of the Apes." There's a lot of action, perhaps even too much since the personal story gets a bit eclipsed along the way and characters long to be fleshed out a little bit more. Still, it's an attractive, interesting cast going through the motions of a sometimes-rousing film. There are a few images of drunken Indians that seem blatantly stereotypical and derogatory these days. At least there is a certain degree of scope in the number of extras used and the spectacle of the train careening into town in the finale. It's a moderately effective time filler.

JKwiat5787 After a quick perusal of some of the other comments I wonder if 'plot' or 'acting ability' were even intended. The attractions were Raquel Welch (for the guys to drool over) and Burt Reynolds (for the gals to drool over) with Hall-of-Fame fullback Jim Brown thrown in for good measure and a story which makes for an entertaining shoot 'em up if you're into that sort of thing. Setting the whole thing in politically unstable Mexico in the turn of the century gives the story an air of plausibility, especially with Eric Braeden being added as a German adviser. (Also more eye candy for the ladies.) Come to think of it, it's not balanced; the ladies have Reynolds, Brown, Braeden, and Fernado Lamas to look at; the guys only have Welch. I can't comment on the historical backdrop the way I do with a lot of my other comments because I know close to nothing about what was going on there at the time. I've heard of Pancho Villa, but that's about it. Most of these actors probably never got to really show if they could act since their sex appeal sort of became the secret of their success. Did anybody ever coach Welch as an actress? I wouldn't bet on it. They'd just dress her up in an outfit that made the most of her natural attributes, tell her to look sexy, and roll the camera. At least, that's my prejudiced notion. However, I know Welch was at least partly Hispanic, so a Mexican girl like in this movie and in Bandolero! may have come a bit more naturally.