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From the first time this film came out in cinema’s, I’ve always liked the look of it. Many things lured me into buying this title. One was made up of just one line, that line was “Could I have a ride in your el-truck-o to the next town-o?” I liked the look of the casual humour that the Mexican inherited. The looked serious, but with a pinch of humour to keep you watching.
The plot of the film is great, although when you first hear about it, sounds a bit linear. Someone being sent off to Mexico to get a gun? Anyone can get a gun. But it’s how it’s put together. Genre mixing goes, so you keep watching. There’s a bit of casual humour all the way the film, along with the action that all films with guns in need. Right near the start you get into the storyline, but notice how I said ‘Near’. The opening scene will have you confused for weeks, if not months. But, apart from that, you can catch onto the storyline just fine. But when you’re about 15 minutes through watching the film and just when you think nothing can get more normal, a curse gets brought into the picture. Although you might think that this spoils the film, it doesn’t. It coincides perfectly with the rest of the film.
There is some great acting in this film. All mood changing in a second. A classic example is in the scene when Roberts character and the ‘supposed’ Leroy gets back to the flat. I won’t spoil any of the film and tell you what happens but the way the mood changes is amazing. In an instant, the whole atmosphere changes from happy-go-lucky to pure hell. Roberts seems to do this the best. Changing moods is her thing. Whereas Pitt is better with the humorous and action scenes. He can look threatening when he wants, and stupid when he wants.
As I said before, the plot seems a bit linear at first, but that’s just because you haven’t seen a film with a plot like this and don’t know whether it will work. But this shows one thing for the film, it’s original. The film has an innovative and original plot that’s quite hard to find nowadays.
The music in this film really varies. From the opening scene, with it’s dopey ‘Country bumpkin’ music, to proper cowboy music for action scenes. But whichever scene you see, the music blends into the scenario like a stream in the desert.
This film is for acquired taste, which means not everyone will like it. But if you do, I can assure you, you’ll be watching it again, if not for the witty casual humour for the great action scenes in the film. Or even to just get sucked into the brilliance of the plot once more. It’s a classic that you won’t mind watching again.
There’s one bit of the film that I thought worked really well, a break from the norm that goes with the film oh so well. What am I talking about? The old black and white scenes of course. Not only do they coincide with the film perfectly, but they look great and authentic in their own right. The flickering on the screen works well and adds to the old western feel of it all. The townspeople look really bored, which, even though this may sound stupid, makes it look even more real. Because think about it like this. In the olden days, in the west, what did they have to do? They had no computers, no real activities, no nothing. So the boring townspeople make it look more realistic. Also they get excited at something very small like the arrival of a nobleman. But in retrospect to what I’ve said about these old fashioned scenes, do they fit into the film okay? Two words to answer that, hell yeah!
The films great and not to missed from your Video collection. The music and authentic old scenes really work and fit into the film well. Put that together with great acting and an innovative and original plot and what do you get? The Mexican and 9/10.
RiCkOsS
The plot of the film is great, although when you first hear about it, sounds a bit linear. Someone being sent off to Mexico to get a gun? Anyone can get a gun. But it’s how it’s put together. Genre mixing goes, so you keep watching. There’s a bit of casual humour all the way the film, along with the action that all films with guns in need. Right near the start you get into the storyline, but notice how I said ‘Near’. The opening scene will have you confused for weeks, if not months. But, apart from that, you can catch onto the storyline just fine. But when you’re about 15 minutes through watching the film and just when you think nothing can get more normal, a curse gets brought into the picture. Although you might think that this spoils the film, it doesn’t. It coincides perfectly with the rest of the film.
There is some great acting in this film. All mood changing in a second. A classic example is in the scene when Roberts character and the ‘supposed’ Leroy gets back to the flat. I won’t spoil any of the film and tell you what happens but the way the mood changes is amazing. In an instant, the whole atmosphere changes from happy-go-lucky to pure hell. Roberts seems to do this the best. Changing moods is her thing. Whereas Pitt is better with the humorous and action scenes. He can look threatening when he wants, and stupid when he wants.
As I said before, the plot seems a bit linear at first, but that’s just because you haven’t seen a film with a plot like this and don’t know whether it will work. But this shows one thing for the film, it’s original. The film has an innovative and original plot that’s quite hard to find nowadays.
The music in this film really varies. From the opening scene, with it’s dopey ‘Country bumpkin’ music, to proper cowboy music for action scenes. But whichever scene you see, the music blends into the scenario like a stream in the desert.
This film is for acquired taste, which means not everyone will like it. But if you do, I can assure you, you’ll be watching it again, if not for the witty casual humour for the great action scenes in the film. Or even to just get sucked into the brilliance of the plot once more. It’s a classic that you won’t mind watching again.
There’s one bit of the film that I thought worked really well, a break from the norm that goes with the film oh so well. What am I talking about? The old black and white scenes of course. Not only do they coincide with the film perfectly, but they look great and authentic in their own right. The flickering on the screen works well and adds to the old western feel of it all. The townspeople look really bored, which, even though this may sound stupid, makes it look even more real. Because think about it like this. In the olden days, in the west, what did they have to do? They had no computers, no real activities, no nothing. So the boring townspeople make it look more realistic. Also they get excited at something very small like the arrival of a nobleman. But in retrospect to what I’ve said about these old fashioned scenes, do they fit into the film okay? Two words to answer that, hell yeah!
The films great and not to missed from your Video collection. The music and authentic old scenes really work and fit into the film well. Put that together with great acting and an innovative and original plot and what do you get? The Mexican and 9/10.
RiCkOsS
That's what i was intending on doing, but when i searching, there were no matching results, i don't think SR have it on their database.
Surely this should be at ukreviews.com?
From the first time this film came out in cinema’s, I’ve always liked the look of it. Many things lured me into buying this title. One was made up of just one line, that line was “Could I have a ride in your el-truck-o to the next town-o?” I liked the look of the casual humour that the Mexican inherited. The looked serious, but with a pinch of humour to keep you watching.
The plot of the film is great, although when you first hear about it, sounds a bit linear. Someone being sent off to Mexico to get a gun? Anyone can get a gun. But it’s how it’s put together. Genre mixing goes, so you keep watching. There’s a bit of casual humour all the way the film, along with the action that all films with guns in need. Right near the start you get into the storyline, but notice how I said ‘Near’. The opening scene will have you confused for weeks, if not months. But, apart from that, you can catch onto the storyline just fine. But when you’re about 15 minutes through watching the film and just when you think nothing can get more normal, a curse gets brought into the picture. Although you might think that this spoils the film, it doesn’t. It coincides perfectly with the rest of the film.
There is some great acting in this film. All mood changing in a second. A classic example is in the scene when Roberts character and the ‘supposed’ Leroy gets back to the flat. I won’t spoil any of the film and tell you what happens but the way the mood changes is amazing. In an instant, the whole atmosphere changes from happy-go-lucky to pure hell. Roberts seems to do this the best. Changing moods is her thing. Whereas Pitt is better with the humorous and action scenes. He can look threatening when he wants, and stupid when he wants.
As I said before, the plot seems a bit linear at first, but that’s just because you haven’t seen a film with a plot like this and don’t know whether it will work. But this shows one thing for the film, it’s original. The film has an innovative and original plot that’s quite hard to find nowadays.
The music in this film really varies. From the opening scene, with it’s dopey ‘Country bumpkin’ music, to proper cowboy music for action scenes. But whichever scene you see, the music blends into the scenario like a stream in the desert.
This film is for acquired taste, which means not everyone will like it. But if you do, I can assure you, you’ll be watching it again, if not for the witty casual humour for the great action scenes in the film. Or even to just get sucked into the brilliance of the plot once more. It’s a classic that you won’t mind watching again.
There’s one bit of the film that I thought worked really well, a break from the norm that goes with the film oh so well. What am I talking about? The old black and white scenes of course. Not only do they coincide with the film perfectly, but they look great and authentic in their own right. The flickering on the screen works well and adds to the old western feel of it all. The townspeople look really bored, which, even though this may sound stupid, makes it look even more real. Because think about it like this. In the olden days, in the west, what did they have to do? They had no computers, no real activities, no nothing. So the boring townspeople make it look more realistic. Also they get excited at something very small like the arrival of a nobleman. But in retrospect to what I’ve said about these old fashioned scenes, do they fit into the film okay? Two words to answer that, hell yeah!
The films great and not to missed from your Video collection. The music and authentic old scenes really work and fit into the film well. Put that together with great acting and an innovative and original plot and what do you get? The Mexican and 9/10.
RiCkOsS
The plot of the film is great, although when you first hear about it, sounds a bit linear. Someone being sent off to Mexico to get a gun? Anyone can get a gun. But it’s how it’s put together. Genre mixing goes, so you keep watching. There’s a bit of casual humour all the way the film, along with the action that all films with guns in need. Right near the start you get into the storyline, but notice how I said ‘Near’. The opening scene will have you confused for weeks, if not months. But, apart from that, you can catch onto the storyline just fine. But when you’re about 15 minutes through watching the film and just when you think nothing can get more normal, a curse gets brought into the picture. Although you might think that this spoils the film, it doesn’t. It coincides perfectly with the rest of the film.
There is some great acting in this film. All mood changing in a second. A classic example is in the scene when Roberts character and the ‘supposed’ Leroy gets back to the flat. I won’t spoil any of the film and tell you what happens but the way the mood changes is amazing. In an instant, the whole atmosphere changes from happy-go-lucky to pure hell. Roberts seems to do this the best. Changing moods is her thing. Whereas Pitt is better with the humorous and action scenes. He can look threatening when he wants, and stupid when he wants.
As I said before, the plot seems a bit linear at first, but that’s just because you haven’t seen a film with a plot like this and don’t know whether it will work. But this shows one thing for the film, it’s original. The film has an innovative and original plot that’s quite hard to find nowadays.
The music in this film really varies. From the opening scene, with it’s dopey ‘Country bumpkin’ music, to proper cowboy music for action scenes. But whichever scene you see, the music blends into the scenario like a stream in the desert.
This film is for acquired taste, which means not everyone will like it. But if you do, I can assure you, you’ll be watching it again, if not for the witty casual humour for the great action scenes in the film. Or even to just get sucked into the brilliance of the plot once more. It’s a classic that you won’t mind watching again.
There’s one bit of the film that I thought worked really well, a break from the norm that goes with the film oh so well. What am I talking about? The old black and white scenes of course. Not only do they coincide with the film perfectly, but they look great and authentic in their own right. The flickering on the screen works well and adds to the old western feel of it all. The townspeople look really bored, which, even though this may sound stupid, makes it look even more real. Because think about it like this. In the olden days, in the west, what did they have to do? They had no computers, no real activities, no nothing. So the boring townspeople make it look more realistic. Also they get excited at something very small like the arrival of a nobleman. But in retrospect to what I’ve said about these old fashioned scenes, do they fit into the film okay? Two words to answer that, hell yeah!
The films great and not to missed from your Video collection. The music and authentic old scenes really work and fit into the film well. Put that together with great acting and an innovative and original plot and what do you get? The Mexican and 9/10.
RiCkOsS