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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Conan of the West,
By Rob "Coolerking" (Texas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Chato's Land (VHS Tape)
Without Charles Bronson, this would be a three star movie at best. The plot is simple, like a slasher movie in the Old West. Bronson, ever effective as an Indian (remember Drumbeat as Captain Jack?), kills off a posse one by one. The posse is filled with well-known character actors and of these, Jack Palance stands out. Palance is the leader of the group in name only, and his relations with the others is the most interesting. He was certainly an under-used actor as he matured, but this was a good role for him.Bronson gets to display probably the best over 50 physique in the world (maybe under 50 too, for that matter). It may have been Frank Frazetta who said that the perfect actor for the role of Conan would be a 6'5" Charles Bronson. With little if any character development for Chato, his impressive physique is necessary to establish him as a force of nature, being more in his element as the land becomes harsher and more unforgiving. For Bronson fans, this is just what we want: a man of few words, but lots of muscle, whuppin' up on an unjust world.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
`Back off, Lawman.',
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This review is from: Chato's Land (Widescreen) (DVD)
With those three words of unheeded warning (possibly the longest continuous sentence Bronson has in this picture), the Mimbreno Apache Chato(Charles Bronson) begins an elusive flight from a motley posse of citizens led by an ex-Confederate captain (Jack Palance) seeking to punish him for the killing of a white man into the barren wilderness of the Arizona desert.This is a great minimalist western with a fine cast (particularly the three villainous Hooker brothers - Simon `the psychologist from Psycho' Oakland, John `Papa Walton' Waite, and Richard `Duncan Idaho of Dune' Jordan). Bronson here is less of a character than a force of nature who, when pursued to his limits (and after giving his hunters ample chances to turn back, slitting their waterskins, running off their horses, and generally discouraging them), turns on the posse and starts eliminating them one at a time. The strength of this western is the writing. All of the posse members, though most of them are unlikable, are well-fleshed out. The three over-sexed, bickering brothers (whose familial loyalty ultimately leads to their destruction), the silent but apt Mexican tracker, and the two foreigners who are among the first to realize this vengeance quest has spiraled well beyond its origin (`For God's sake, don't call it justice...' says Roddy McMillian's Scottish farmer and `We don't belong here, Gavin,' says Paul Young's Irishman). Palance is a standout as the Confederate captain who seems at first to take pleasure in the hunt and leading men again, but who gradually loses control of his subordinates. As stated, Bronson is more of a cunning force to be feared when he is shown at all, but he does bring a concrete humanity to his Apache fugitive, particularly in the scene where he is reunited with his family in their desert stronghold. He exudes strength, and his physique and countenance seem to have been cut from the sandstone all around. He seems absolutely inscrutable (as the land is to the white men), but when he dispenses death, there is a cold certainty in his expressions. Good locations - abandoned wickiups, empty desert, jumbled stone and cavernous arroyos all the washed out color of a bone long in the sun makes it seem as if these men have ridden right into hell (but then this `hell' is Chato's land). There's a great line where Palance observes that `white men see a land where nothing grows...they call it hell and give it no further thought. But to the Apache, this land speaks to him, whispers to him. He expects nothing from it...' (paraphrasing). The tried and true `hunters become the hunted formula' with a meaningful undertone that sets it above the usual fare. Great film with a memorable open ending. Does he or doesn't he? Recommended for Bronson fans. This is one of his better flicks.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Boring film With No Action,
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This review is from: Chato's Land (Widescreen) (DVD)
I am a big Charles Bronson fan, but Chato's Land is just simply "not well done."Within the first minute and a half of the movie you get to see Charles Bronson Kill a RACIST red-neck in self defense who wanted to kill him simply because he was half Indian (Breed) as they call him in the movie. After the opening scene the movie drags on and on into a pointless and endless journey of 11 Racist men on 11 horses trying to track down and Kill Chato simply because he is half white, half Apache indian. There is no other reason for their relentless persute of him other than this. You would expect to see a ton of Action in any Charles Bronson film, but in Chato's Land there are 45-50 minute periods without a single bit of action. And when action does happen it is uneventful and with little satisfaction to the viewer. The real Villain in the movie is not Quincey (the leader of the pack) but a man named Jubel, who is hell bent on Killing Chato simply because of his Racist hatred between the Apache and his fellow War Buddies. Juble will stop an nothing to capture and kill Chato even if it means illiminating his own men who realize they are on quest with no reward at the end of it. Poorly written film, NO ACTION, and it leaves you wondering what was going on in the mind of the director who made it. The only Suprise for Bronson fans so to speak is we get to see Bronson at his absolute Physical Peak, rippling muscles, rock hard abs and his already signiture Leathery Face. For a TRUE Hard-Core Bronson Fan, this film must belong in your collection simply to have it. But to someone who is just looking for a decent Action film.......Don't waste your dollars on this one.
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