Western after gone of Old West.

Wild West was conquered and myth of it gone in 1924, but not with tempers. I was looking for films, where has that Old West. Contemporary westerns is thin genre and if give a cowboy hat, a piece of grass between teeth and revolver – that’s willn’t make a film. Neo-Western can make without these attributes. Original western or I mean Wild West answers in words what is a real western. Life among wild places, where can meet dangers in animals or more usually in people who can kill. There sounds guns more than “You’re under arrest”. These characteristics define neo-westerns to which I don’t relate movies about village life, country music and rodeo. Films as Death Wish have genre’s elements, but that’s not western in total, because action occurs in modern New-York. Searching found out not so much flicks.

Bad Day at Black Rock

Ambience of Wild West occurs since arriving of WWII veteran John J. Macreedy in performance of Spencer Tracy in outland town, which saved in time till buildings. Inhabitants shows hostility to a stranger, whom they try to stop in his acts and goal, which brought him. It’s easy to think that Black Rock came from past.

Mustang Country

Cowboy occupation didn’t disappear with Old West. Far away from cities in forests of Montana a rancher, whom played Joel McCrea, wants to catch a stubborn mustang. He will meet a teenage Indian in his adventures, who will be a great support for him. That’s relaxing friendly film demonstrates a lot of unique shots of living nature in which director exaggerated.

Comes a Horseman

Everything for definition of contemporary western, but it’s a simplistic story, where see known character stereotypes and logically guess how film will go and end. A cowboy performed by James Caan unites in partnership in cattle transporting with iron-forged woman in failed in full implementation by Jane Fonda (not her role.). Against the backdrop of deaths of secondary characters between them will rise expected romantic relationship, which made Fonda’s heroine’s character expected soft. She will tell a tearful (expected by director – not me.) story, which I willn’t write to you if you expect. A main villain in performance of great James Robards wants to buy Fonda’s land due of oil. And he is a bad guy, who will expected to kill secondary characters and, of course, expected will slay his business partners. Robards, as expected, would like to finish with main heroes by killing them, and he would succeeded, but weak screenplay saves lead characters and they kill Robards and his henchmen with whole boredom in directing, what I expected.

Swelter

I like this film despite on flaws in a screenplay, which has necessity in corrections. A sheriff with memory lost in deserted town, which a good place for keeping secrets as can sure in words of a character by Tracey Walter. City’s life interrupts by four gun-armed bandits, which has a common past with the main personage.

Lone Wolf McQuade

Lone Wolf McQuade demonstrates cruelty and merciless to everybody of Wild West of nowadays. Chuck Norris plays Texas Ranger J.J. McQuade, whose gunman methods are solution against modern outlaws. As I wrote, a film shows merciless, which will also use to a main hero, who will on edge to get a suffering death. Wild West modernized in guns and knowledge of karate, which uses McQuade and a criminal businessman Rawley Wilkes, whom played David Carradine. Meeting of these two characters will start of enhancing of confrontation. Music of Italian composer Francesco De Masi has reminds of Ennio Morricone, what doesn’t deprives absolute individuality and achievement to masterpiece. Tension sounds of church organ in moment of final death fight between lead characters and other pieces are part of greatness of this Neo-Western.

Deadlock

Directing of Roland Click and soundtrack by band calls Can makes magnetic attraction in watching of this discovered unknown masterpiece. Impaled of western essence Deadlock happens among ruined houses by which I feel post-apocalyptic atmosphere. Few, but all interesting, characters (charming Anthony Dawson plays a personage with a last name I like.) have splendid dialogs and briefcase of money, which gives to think on who deserves them. It was sad for me, that cash didn’t got a person I wanted.

Call of Juarez: The Cartel

Westerns are rarely in computer games and rarely fine and that’s only Call of Juarez series, which has one game in contemporary setting. Excellent story in uniqueness of telling where know and understand it in full can after completion for all three hard personages, who fighting against modern outlaws – drugdealers, what is foreground of behind things, which some of them relate to personages. Personally, what I liked, that a visit of familiar mansion where hears in time of killing a known sounds from previous parts, which played also here. The game isn’t total comfortable due of programming mistakes, which need of fixing for be a perfect.

Rambo: Last Blood

It was so long time ago when I saw a clever film. Not everybody can understand an episode of throwing away of painkillers or meaning of tunnels, specificity in traps, Jim Morrison, where with knowing all films confirms ingeniously of the movie. Rambo: Last Blood is a great continuation of Rambo films, which to this part turned out to pure contemporary western. Justice in own hands, as usual, against ruthless cartel, who makes business on illegal prostitution. A real artist is a man, who can do his projects on topics for which can be criticized by masses at least. Rambo: Last Blood is so it.

Extreme Prejudice

I have different impressions on screenplays of films by Walter Hill, but I always like his directing. His gives perfection in every shot and I with pleasant follow on staging of episodes. Extreme Prejudice inhabits in ruthless tempers, which will relocate in Mexico, a country, where Wild West stays in precisely. This story with hyping plot lines has drug cartel, CIA and Texas Rangers was written by talented John Milius (how I want to hear his name today!). His Extreme Prejudice differs from time when project was launched in 1976 to release time in 1987. The film has an interesting a common detail, which I was finding out in Milius’s works Conan the Barbarian and Apocalypses Now. His leading villains accept as god among his men. The flick has a fabulous acting staff and soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith, which I was in adoration was listening and didn’t roll credits due of it. Sometimes I switch on that’s piece. Extreme Prejudice failed in box-office and, as I’ve learnt, the film doesn’t appear on American TV. That’s another unknown masterpiece for me.

Western can be in colonization of planets and orbital stations. Sub-genre is thin as same as contemporary western and I’ve found just one film follows to Space Western.

Outland

Space makes feel a loneliness – that’s a one of specific things can be in Space Western and it meets in Outland. Federal Marshal William O’Neil in acting of Sir Sean executes his deputies at a station in orbit of Jupiter’s moon Io, which under control of corporation Conglomerates Amalgamated and it’s miners get a titanium ore. O’Neil in involved investigation discloses a dark side of company. Continuation of case evokes a death sentence for Connery’s personage, who didn’t step away from his goal despite on warnings of company’s representor Mark Sheppard in performance of wonderful Peter Boyle a meeting with whom has a wonderful implementation of golf in which I’d play. Director Peter Hyams in brilliance created suspense of written by him story, which supports space ambience and western charm. I like how tension concludes in final meeting of O’Neil and Sheppard. It even presses to cry.