CheerupSilver Very Cool!!!

Maidexpl Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

Leoni Haney Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Woodyanders Brothers Mac (an excellent and engaging performance by Tom Selleck) and Dal Traven (the always fine Sam Elliott) return home after fighting in the Civil War only to discover that their home town has been ravaged by a gang of renegade Confederate soldiers. Assisted by their wayward Uncle Jack (a wonderfully rascally Ben Johnson), the Travens go after the soldiers who have kidnapped their younger sisters as well as Dal's feisty sweetheart Kate (well played with considerable spunk by Katherine Ross).Director Andrew V. McLaglen keeps the engrossing and entertaining story moving along at a brisk pace, offers a flavorsome evocation of the period, maintains an amiable good-natured tone throughout, takes time to develop the characters, and stages the shoot outs with aplomb. Selleck and Elliott display an extremely winning and natural chemistry in the leads. The tip-top cast keeps this picture humming: Geoffrey Lewis as the fanatical Major Cooper Ashbury, Gene Evans as wicked slave trader Colonel Holiday Hammond, Jeffrey Osteridge as the brave Jesse, Dominique Dunn as the spirited Sissy, R.G. Armstrong as the vengeful Sheriff Miles Gillette, and Jane Greer and Harry Carey Jr. as Ma and Pa Traven. Both Jack Whitman's polished cinematography and Jerrold Immel's lively honky tonk country score are up to speed. An immensely fun film.

SanteeFats I love Tom Selleck and Sam Elliot. Together in the same just makes it better for me. Playing two brothers home from the just ended Civil War, where they fought on opposite sides, they find that their women folk have been stolen by what turns out to be Rebels who are running for Mexico to keep on fighting. The bad guys plan on trading them to some gunrunners for surprise, surprise, guns. Katherine Ross plays the brave, undaunted, heroine type. She shows great spirit and fortitude. Ben Johnson appears as the brothers long gone Uncle Black Jack, a character of dubious reputation. He turns out to be just what the brothers need. Every thing turns out well and the good guys win and the bad guys lose. Typical for a L'Amour novel.

oscar-35 *Spoiler/plot- 1982, Western movie. It's a story of handsome heroes, renegades, scoundrels, and a hellion in petticoats. It's 1865, the close of the American Civil War; two brothers, a Yankee Mac Traven and a Rebel, Dal Traven return home to Texas to discover that their sisters and Dal's sweetheart Kate has been kidnapped by marauding Rebel guerrillas who refuse to accept Confederate defeat. Mac and Dal break out their notorious Uncle out of jail to help them rescue the women before their sold as slaves to a Mexican brothel.*Special Stars- Tom Selleck, Sam Elliott, Ben Johnson, Geofrey Lewis, Katherine Ross. Dir: Andrew McLagen *Theme- Family should stand for right and fight together.*Based on- Best seller book of Louis L'amour *Trivia/location/goofs- A made for TV movie by Columbia Pictures. This film is from the director (son of the actor Victor McLagen, a member of the John Ford and John Wayne crew.) of "Shenandoah", "The Way West", "Chisum" and "Bandolero".*Emotion- An enjoyable and richly produced western with many old and new western stars in a rather simplistic plot. But, nice casting, locations, film pacing, good scenes, and theme make this a enjoyable film to see for any western viewer.

TED-26 Four of the best all time best western actors performing with Tom Selleck and Catharine Ross at their best -- Harry Carey, Jr., Ben Johnson, Geoffrey Lewis and Sam Elliot -- make the best of a Louis L'Amour story. Purists may be put-off by the geographical inaccuracies; there is no Baffin Bay or Converse County, Texas. The location looks more like the California coast than Texas.