The Worst Film Ever

Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Fantastic!

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Ex-convict James Caan is released from prison and sets out to exact some long overdue vengeance on Aldo Ray, the man who murdered his family years before and apparently the rest of the town as well.There's some trashy fun at first but things run out of steam pretty quick and never recover.A paper thin story, the obnoxious free-wheeling 1970's style direction, and the bad funk score are all pretty off-putting, as is the terrible performance by Stephanie Powers, who looks like Johnny Depp in Benny & Joon and is so verbally challenged she makes Tonto look like a radio talk show host!The great Sammy Davis Jr. is sadly wasted in this. His leather-clad gunfighter character was the most entertaining thing in the movie and really deserved a better script!

I totally agree with philjac2002. This is a hilarious movie that simply requires a somewhat intelligent and dry sense of humor to be fully appreciated. It was not meant to be about proper editing, camera angles and sound mastering, in fact quite the opposite - so don't watch it if those things are of huge importance to you. However, if you enjoy a wry comedy that pokes fun at any and everything this one's for you. My favorite parts: the "Abide with me" bit, Sammy Davis Jr. is brilliant, the cat fight is (well, I'm actually speechless on that one), Little Moon trying to push the boulder down the mountain, and when she tries to woo James Caan with magic tricks I cried I was laughing so hard. I won't spoil how they blow up the town because that is the funniest part, except maybe for the end which is priceless - suddenly Little Moon speaks perfect English - too bad for Mr. Cameraman!

Unquestionably, if you think this western is bad, then you need to watch some of those old "oaters" on MovieFlix. The Tex Ritter horse operas, for example, make this absurdity seem like GONE WITH THE WIND!Watching the film last night, I had the feeling that the DVD contained the first draft of a potentially good comedy (or satire). A careful rewriting of the script by pros would have elevated the movie into a strong spoof of "spagetti westerns."Aside from the sloppy editing, the wretched audio/video quality, and the implausible plot, the problems included these;1. Sammy Davis Jr.'s presence must have been in homage to either the "rat pack." or the civil rights movement. His character served no useful purpose in the story. In fact, the situation reminded me of desegregation when "white" companies would put their token black employees in or near the best window for all to view.2. Stefanie Powers is a beautiful and talented comedic actress. But casting her as a tribeless squaw is too much of a stretch. A Hispanic or Indian actress needs to fill that role.3. James Caan showed all the emotion of Gene Autry. In fact, some erstwhile Republic cowboy might have handled that role more skillfully.4. Too many characters! A good rewriting would have narrowed the focus to the major figures.5. The burning of the town looked as phony as Bob Steele's fistfights. The sets should have been better constructed so that they at least appeared to be real buildings in flame.6. One reason for its lack of polish may have been that it was originally intended to be a made-for-TV movie. The dialogue lacked the usual profanity, the violence lacked the blood and gore of a Clint Eastwood western, and the politically incorrect image of a squaw was typical of such shows as THE WILD WILD WEST and even GUNSMOKE. 7. Then, when someone decided to complete the piece, it became much grittier in style and substance, more like a theater release.Frankly, I'd love to see a genuine motion picture producer redo this film, hiring authentic-looking actors for the parts, paring the number of roles to a workable few, and maintaining high filming standards. If he did, the result could be a truly enjoyable straight-faced satire.

I agree that this move must have originally been unfinished, or else something bad happened during the production - mainly because of the wrap-around present-day footage and narration that is completely redundant. What I can't figure out is how a cheapo movie like this got stars that were (of the time) pretty prominent, especially Caan. Well, Davis can probably be explained, because he appears in only a few scenes that were probably filmed in a day. I got a laugh out of his shiny black leather pants, and Powers was so mind-bogglingly awful (hardly speaking a word of English, by the way) that there was some extra amusement from that. Other than that, this is an incredibly painful western to sit through, with some of the most ludicrous plot turns even to hit the prairie.