When any film begins with Richard Widmark with *that* scowl on his face then you know that some shit is about to go down.
The opening of The Last Wagon is remarkable outside of that, though. A cat-and-mouse chase that sees Widmark captured by a vicious sheriff, it then gives way to a power play dynamic as they bump into some travelling "Christers". This was actually an interesting film to watch back-to-back with the inferior Run of the Arrow as…
I've seen a good few Samuel Fuller films by now and largely had an excellent time with them.
What stands out across his films is the complete clarity of message and thought that Fuller put into them, even when the topics he's tackling are quite messy to deal with. Run of the Arrow is the first of his that I've seen where it's difficult to really know what he's saying and going for.
Set at the actual conclusion of the…
Choose Letterboxd. Choose films. Choose downloading the app. Choose paying money for a membership just so you don’t have to see some fucker adding 500 films to their watchlist. Choose following a few thousand people and then never reading a fucking word they say. Choose writing “Read the full review on my website!” knowing full well no cunt is ever going to follow that link. Choose asking Sally Jane Black to watch Rogue Nation and then seeing her do a…
It's fine.
The plot is fine.
The special effects are fine.
The music is fine.
The direction is fine.
The cinematography is fine.
The pacing is fine.
The acting is fine.
The alien is fine.
The deaths are fine.
The beginning is fine.
The middle is fine.
The ending is fine.
It's just, very, fine.
Fine?
Fine.
