Rating: 
Summary: One Great Western
Review: I guess were all entitled to our own opinion, but just what movie did prior reviewer David Delfin watch? This was by far one of the best westerns ever made for television. Tom Selleck did a wonderful job as Louie L'Amour's character Rafe Covington and the supporting cast including Mark Harmon's perfect portrayal as the evil town banker was really first rate. This is a definite "best buy" for anyone's Western DVD collection.
Rating:
Summary: This one's a keeper
Review: I haven't enjoyed a movie this much in a long time. The characters, the scenery, the story...it's all wonderful. I hope that Tom Selleck and Wilford Brimley team up in more movies. If you like westerns, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
Rating:
Summary: CROSSFIRE TRAIL A HIT!!!
Review: If you are a western fan, don't wait any longer....See this one! Especially if you like Selleck in Westerns. Selleck and the supporting cast do a great job keeping your interest in a tale of promises, love, and fighting for what's right. A lot of familiar faces in this one.....Wilford Brimley and Mark Harmon are among them. Quigley Down Under and Crossfire Trail would make a great double feature!
Rating:
Summary: Gotta Love Louis and Tom together
Review: if you read markgpl's review, you have it all. Louis Lamour story with Tom Selleck as the lead man, great western!! I agree also that ALL LL books should be made into film with Tom Selleck or even Sam Elliott (depending on story line) as the lead. Wouldn't run out of good westerns for a long long time!!
Rating: 
Summary: Almost as good as Monte Walsh
Review: It was hard to follow in the beginning but once you caught
on it was GREAT!!! I love Selleck, he makes a good kick-ass
cowboy. I recomend this movie to anyone who loves a good
kick-ass western!!
Rating: 
Summary: Cliche and boring
Review: Louis L'Amour can get away with cliches... in fact his books are wonderful.. but this movie stinks. I bought it on the heels of Quigley Down Under (terrific) and was hungry for another Tom Selleck western.. but this let me down and I do regret the purchase of it. All the clothes are clean. All the plot elements are childlike and cliche (rescuing the sioux princess who has a broken leg, but also has immaculate clothing), the bad guy who is SOOO two faced (not too believable, but always very clean). The look and feel too was definitely not Quigley, Lonesome Dove, or Stalking Moon.. it was more like Leave it to Beaver. don't buy it unless it's for the kids.
Rating:
Summary: This a Great Western
Review: Made in the way I think Westerns should be made. If you liked "Quigley Down Under" You should love "Crossfire Trail". I would give it more stars if I could. This movie has it all.
Rating:
Summary: Toto, I don't think we're in Wyoming anymore
Review: Morality plays set in the Old West, a staple of my childhood on both television and in theaters, are hard to come by these days, so it's a treat when a half-way decent one comes along - like CROSSFIRE TRAIL. And there aren't too many living actors that can do a credible cowboy hero - Eastwood and Duvall come to mind. Luckily, this film has another excellent one of the genre, Tom Selleck. CROSSFIRE TRAIL opens aboard a merchant vessel off the California coast in the 1870s. Rafe Covington (Selleck) is comforting a dying pal, beaten to death by the sadistic captain. After promising to look after the man's wife and ranch, and kicking the bandini out of the ship's master, we next see Rafe riding through the magnificent mountain scenery that is ostensibly Wyoming. Upon arrival at the ranch, Rafe finds the place deserted. In the nearby town, Covington discovers the widow, Ann Rodney (Virginia Madsen), under the benevolent spell of smooth talkin' Bruce Barkow (Mark Harmon), the local VIP who holds the mortgage on the ranch and pretty much rules the local rubes with his band of armed good ol' boys. (Where have we seen this before? SHANE, PALE RIDER, and THE QUICK AND THE DEAD.) Barkow is more suave and better dressed than most villains of the ilk. As Rafe notes, Ann likes Bruce because "he has manners and smells nice". In any case, the Wider Rodney doesn't believe Rafe's version of events, but accepts Barkow's story that her husband was killed by Injuns on his way back from San Francisco. It's quite obvious that Barkow covets Ann and her land, which has pools of oil on it. The conflict is, of course, between Covington and Barkow, and the hired pistolero that the latter imports from, of all places, Kansas. (SHANE and PALE RIDER also had pistol packin' hit men.) Because the plot of CROSSFIRE TRAIL offered no surprises at all, I was tempted to award only three stars. However, playing the stolid, principled and reluctant gunfighter is Selleck's forte, and he does it as well as The Duke, Alan Ladd, or Gary Cooper ever did. Harmon is particularly oily as the charming Barkow, and there's a crusty performance by the aging Wilford Brimley, one of my favorite character actors, as Joe, Ann's ex-ranch hand. And it was good to see Barry Corbin as Barkow's toady Sheriff Moncrieff. (Corbin was Chris Cooper's deputy in LONESOME DOVE.) So, I'm awarding a reluctant four stars. The scenery is absolutely gorgeous, and mated to an uplifting score. I was all set to saddle-up for Wyoming when the credits rolled and informed me that the film was shot in Calgary, Alberta, and at the Western Studio and Backlot, which, according to its website, is 35 minutes west of the city. Hummph! Pretty soon they'll be pretending it's Tombstone's OK Corral with Mt. Fuji in the background. At least SHANE had the Grand Tetons.
Rating:
Summary: Tom Selleck the best western actor alive
Review: Mr. Selleck and the supporting cast have made an excellent western. A must see.
Rating:
Summary: First-rate horse opera
Review: No contemporary director knows how to film horses better than Simon Wincer. "Quigley," "The Man From Snowy River" and "Phar Lap" are great films, but this one tops them for sheer scope and beauty. What better vehicle for Wincer to showcase his brilliance than a Louis Lamour story! Toss in the understated acting of Tom Selleck, the sarcastic sagacity of Wilford Brimley and the appearance of a Winchester 45-60 "big-bore lever gun" and you've got yourself a first-rate oater. Forget the critics, this is good stuff. Besides, any film that has a blue roan AND a red roan in the remuda is definitely worth the price of admission. I hope Selleck continues his homage to Louis Lamour. For my money, Selleck and Wincer could be the new John Wayne and John Ford.
|
