I'm a film buff who loves all sorts of genres. However, I admit that I haven't seen too many Westerns. I've seen Clint Eastwood ones like Unforgiven and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, and I've also seen Shane, Hondo, and Blazing Saddles- if that counts. But compared to the number of musicals or comedies I have seen, my familiarity of Westrerns is, I confess, lacking.
Well, yesterday, I went to a used DVD store and got some movies which included a 3 movie set of Burt Lancaster Westerns. I bought it for THE Unforgiven (which has my favorite actress Audrey Hepburn), but it came with The Kentuckian (his directorial debut) and this movie- Lawman.
I live with my Grandma, and I asked her if she wanted to watch one of the movies that I bought, so she looked at them and picked Lawman. I was hoping to see The Unforgiven, but oh well.
The plot of Lawman is pretty straight forward. Burt Lancaster plays a "lawman" (basically a sheriff) who has to arrest some men responsible for the death of an old man.
On the whole, Lawman has entertaining moments. The shoot outs are cool, most of the plot is engaging, and there are well done roles from Lancaster, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Ryan, and a young Robert Duvall among them. This is why there is a postive 7.5 rating.
However, there were some problems that I had with the movie. For one thing, some of the dialouge was hard to hear, and the DVD did not have an English subtitle option. (It had Spanish and French, but not English! I have other MGM DVDs like that, like The Greatest Story Ever Told and 12 Angry Men.)
I could understand most of it, but sometimes the actors seemed to mumble or talk quietly so I missed parts. If you have better hearing, maybe this won't affect you. I had my Volume at 95/100 and I still had this issue.
Apart from that, the plot seemed to drag at points, and the movie was good, but not anything great.
Lawman isn't a bad movie, but compared to other Westerns I have seen, like Unforgiven and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, it isn't one of the best. Still, for those more into the genre, Lawman is good enough to kill time with some wild west entertainment.
Summary: Best to watch for the cast, but slow and sometimes hard to hear.
Well, yesterday, I went to a used DVD store and got some movies which included a 3 movie set of Burt Lancaster Westerns. I bought it for THE Unforgiven (which has my favorite actress Audrey Hepburn), but it came with The Kentuckian (his directorial debut) and this movie- Lawman.
I live with my Grandma, and I asked her if she wanted to watch one of the movies that I bought, so she looked at them and picked Lawman. I was hoping to see The Unforgiven, but oh well.
The plot of Lawman is pretty straight forward. Burt Lancaster plays a "lawman" (basically a sheriff) who has to arrest some men responsible for the death of an old man.
On the whole, Lawman has entertaining moments. The shoot outs are cool, most of the plot is engaging, and there are well done roles from Lancaster, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Ryan, and a young Robert Duvall among them. This is why there is a postive 7.5 rating.
However, there were some problems that I had with the movie. For one thing, some of the dialouge was hard to hear, and the DVD did not have an English subtitle option. (It had Spanish and French, but not English! I have other MGM DVDs like that, like The Greatest Story Ever Told and 12 Angry Men.)
I could understand most of it, but sometimes the actors seemed to mumble or talk quietly so I missed parts. If you have better hearing, maybe this won't affect you. I had my Volume at 95/100 and I still had this issue.
Apart from that, the plot seemed to drag at points, and the movie was good, but not anything great.
Lawman isn't a bad movie, but compared to other Westerns I have seen, like Unforgiven and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, it isn't one of the best. Still, for those more into the genre, Lawman is good enough to kill time with some wild west entertainment.
Summary: Best to watch for the cast, but slow and sometimes hard to hear.