This brisk, action-packed Western stars Garner and Weaver as outlaw buddies who break into a maximum-security prison in order to steal a half-million dollars woth of gold. The robbery a success, greed soon turns them against one another, culminating in a spectacular, blazing showdown in a small Mexican village.
E**N
My Sledge
One of my favorite James Garner movies. Great action and story plot.
D**N
A++ item
Just another movie
J**N
A Wonderful Western Story
I was pleasantly surprised with this film. I am a huge James Garner fan and I’ve been slowly expanding my collection of his work. In his book The Garner Files he rates and gives some comments on his filmography, and for this film he gave it 1/2 star out of 5. He even refers to the film as A Man Called Sludge! This may be the only time I disagree with Mr. Garner. I am a huge spaghetti western movie fan, and this is up there amongst the best I’ve seen. It certainly isn’t perfect, but it has that quirky charm that I enjoy. One of the only times where he played a heavy, I really enjoyed Jim’s performance in this film. He’s bad, as in evil, but not so bad you want to hate him. The rest of the cast delivers adequately and the action doesn’t disappoint. The film has a lot of interesting stylized elements that is sure to delight western fans. I can see how this film among others influenced Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight. Sludge it is not!
J**S
not bad,not great
Not James Garners best but certainly a good enough western at the right price.Story is good,kind of silly in places,great star power,in color,widescreen,92 minutes,and 4 out of 5 transfer to dvd....support your favorite artists.
A**R
Gritty
This western is gritty and edgy just like all the seventies era low budget westerns. James Garner plays an outlaw, which is out of the norm for him but he does an admiral job of it. The downsides for me were the musical score at certain points in the film. It just didn't fit in for me and certain plot elements could have been better executed.
M**G
Excellent movie.
Excellent movie.
R**E
Great western
Although this is a spaghetti western and overall a good one starring James Garner, Dennis Weaver, Calude Adkins and Wayde Preston. The movie may not be the most famous, but I loved it from the start to the end, James Garner is awesome in this movie. It kind of keeps you in suspense from the beginning to the end when they try to get the gold and then escape. This is a must have for western fans or James Garner fans.
A**R
Great movie
Enjoyed the movie! Well worth the money can't beat the old western movies! Honestly I thought it wasn't gonna be good but I was wrong I enjoyed the movie and have watched it several times over!
