Tom Logan, the horse thief, has started a new experiment with his designs. Now, Rancher David Braxton tries to keep what he has with horses and a daughter. But Braxton just hired Lee Clayton, an 'entrepreneur' to hunt robbers.
This appealingly eccentric revisionist western highlights the critical importance of violence in establishing 'civilized' society in the American wilderness.
If Penn failed to ride herd on his two superstars, he still was able to wrangle some sharp observations on the clash between the mythic old West and its reality
Although there are obvious flaws, there's a lot to recommend what turns out to be a dark, cynical work with some finely honed character acting from both men.
... worth seeing if only for the madness of Marlon Brando ... it's not hard to see why some charge him with sabotaging the film with a genuinely bizarre performance
Video-Reviewmaster.com
May 10, 2007
Interesting, even if not cohesive, Brando & Nicholson western.
Reel Film Reviews
November 12, 2005
Brando's conversation with his horse, in which he notes that the animal has "the lips of Salome and the eyes of Cleopatra," must be seen to be believed...
