If I took a drink every time that Nuria Torray said something about the fact that the Apaches were going to kill them all, I'd be as drunk as the lout who makes a pass at her. There's nothing much to praise in this Spanish made western film which stars American actor Frank Latimore, an embittered man desperate to settle a score and entrapped with a bunch of people from a stagecoach camped out in this deep canyon valley where the Apaches attacks are quite brutal.
I'll praise the photography and give light thumbs up to the musical score, but it's pretty depressing considering how their fates seem ensured so in that way, Torray has a point. However, there's so many little plots surrounding this dour Euro western and the characters not especially fleshed out or unique. The acting seems to be nothing more than a bunch of adults reciting lines and often they aren't even engaging with one another.
In all fairness to the Apaches though, one of the characters does indicate a suspicion that they aren't really Indians but white bandits dressed up in native attire to hide their identity. They claim to know the Apaches from the nearby hills and debate their involvement, but circumstances prove otherwise. The ending plops down with a thud, although by that time, I had pretty much stopped caring how it resolved itself anyway.
I'll praise the photography and give light thumbs up to the musical score, but it's pretty depressing considering how their fates seem ensured so in that way, Torray has a point. However, there's so many little plots surrounding this dour Euro western and the characters not especially fleshed out or unique. The acting seems to be nothing more than a bunch of adults reciting lines and often they aren't even engaging with one another.
In all fairness to the Apaches though, one of the characters does indicate a suspicion that they aren't really Indians but white bandits dressed up in native attire to hide their identity. They claim to know the Apaches from the nearby hills and debate their involvement, but circumstances prove otherwise. The ending plops down with a thud, although by that time, I had pretty much stopped caring how it resolved itself anyway.