From my favorite movies..

A lot of fun.

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

I didn't get what was so good about it. I thought it was silly and boring. The action scenes didn't have a clear tone for me. I liked Tom Selleck and the locations, but it reminded me of Two Mules For Sister Sara when Quigley was with the girl throughout. It was ok.

Matt Quigley (Tom Selleck) is a former buffalo hunter from Wyoming looking for a fresh start from regretting starving out American Indians. His guilt leads him to taking a job offer from an Australian rancher named Elliott Marston (Alan Rickman), who wants a sharp shooter to kill dingoes on his property at a distance. Before Matt can put his replica Buffalo Rifle to good use, he discovers Marston's real targets are the Australian Aborigines. After Quigley refuses the mean-spirited rancher, he is left for dead in the outback, where he rescues the fetching Crazy Cora (Laura San Giacomo), who insists in calling him Roy. Matt's only fault is always doing the "right" thing.Wonderful scenery of Down Under. Simon Wincer directs a story by John Hill that you can't help but stay interested in. Rickman is a good a villain as Selleck is a hero. Other players include: Ron Haddrick, Tony Bonner, Ben Mendelsohn, Jerome Ehlers, William Zappa, Steve Dodds and Conor McDermottroe.

It's the late 1800s, and Matthew Quigley is looking for excitement and finds it in a job down under, in Australia. Starring Tom Selleck as Quigley, he brings the American West to the outback.Along the way, he meets Crazy Cora, played by Laura San Giacomo (later famous for Just Shoot Me with David Spade), a woman who mistakes him for her husband. Also, Alan Rickman stars as the unethical Aussie rancher, Elliot Marston, who hires, then quickly fires Quigley.The story was great, as well as the acting from Selleck and Rickman. Also, great direction from Simon Wincer (of Lonesome Dove fame). Truly a wonderful film for fans of Selleck or westerns.

Matthew Quigley (Tom Selleck) sails three months to Australia to fill a role as a sharpshooter. But once he finds out that he's been hired to kill off the aborigine population, Quigley turns on his new boss (Alan Rickman) and brings his own particular brand of justice to the outback.Alan Rickman makes this movie, hands down. Selleck is fine, but Rickman's voice and mannerisms make him the perfect villain. It's no shock he was given such a prominently dark role in the Harry Potter films or presented as the voice of God in "Dogma". I'm not so sure about "Space Quest" (not a fan), but Rickman is the man you want in your film, along with Gary Oldman. Together they would be an unstoppable force, stronger than Pacino and DeNiro.The biggest complaint is that this film should have been maybe twenty minutes shorter... the end drags on for some time. Okay, so you have thugs attacking you and you're a sharpshooter. I get it. Stop these endless skirmishes and just kill the bad guy. Please.Those who love Tom Selleck and his mustache should watch this film, perhaps as a double feature with "Gypsy Warrior". But even those who don't particularly care for Selleck may enjoy Rickman's performance as the evil thug master. Aside from his weird snarl, he easily steals the show.