- Actors: Bruce Willis, Bruce Dern, William Sanderson, Christopher Walken, David Patrick Kelly
- Directors: Walter Hill
- Writers: Walter Hill, Akira Kurosawa, Ryûzô Kikushima
- Producers: Arthur M. Sarkissian, Michael De Luca, Paula Heller, Ralph S. Singleton
- Format: PAL
- Language English, Spanish
- Subtitles: English
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 2.35:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 18
- Studio: Eiv
- DVD Release Date: 1 Oct 1999
- Run Time: 101 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004D362
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 40,084 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Best known for making movies about men and violence, director Walter Hill scored a misfire with this ambitious but ultimately dreary remake of Akira Kurosawa's samurai classic Yojimbo. The story's essentially the same but the setting has been switched to a dusty, almost ghostly Texas town in the 1930s, where two rival Chicago gangs are locked in an uneasy truce. Bruce Willis plays the lone drifter who allies himself with both gangs to his own advantage, working both sides against each other according to his own hidden agenda. The violence escalates to a bloody climax, of course, with Christopher Walken, David Patrick Kelly and Michael Imperioli as trigger-happy lieutenants in a lonely, desolate war. Fans of gangster movies will want to see this, and, if nothing else, Hill has brought his polished style to a vaguely mythic story. It's far from being a classic, however, and although its action is at times masterfully choreographed, the movie's humourless attitude is unexpectedly oppressive. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com
Special Features
2.35 Wide Screen
English
Region 2
Dolby Pro Logic Stereo English
Dolby Pro Logic Stereo
The Making Of Featurette
Trailer
English
English
Region 2
Dolby Pro Logic Stereo English
Dolby Pro Logic Stereo
The Making Of Featurette
Trailer
English
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
A take on the Man With No Name, Bruce Willis is excellent in the title role, playing the various factions against one another. Anyone who has seen a Fistful of Dollars is going to know the story, but that doesn't take anything away from the film. It is well cast and well acted and puts the (anti) hero in enough interesting situations to keep you involved and thoroughly entertained.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This film just oozes hard boiled violence mixed with dust and sweat!
Willis is at his mean and moody best. Dern is also great in a 'do we trust him' sort of role. I mean he did shoot John Wayne in the cowboys.
Shot in a washed out sepia tone that evokes the period well, it's a film for thise who enjoy two fisted gunplay and unrelenting opressive action.
An over looked film on the c.v of Mr Willis and Mr Walken.
Willis is at his mean and moody best. Dern is also great in a 'do we trust him' sort of role. I mean he did shoot John Wayne in the cowboys.
Shot in a washed out sepia tone that evokes the period well, it's a film for thise who enjoy two fisted gunplay and unrelenting opressive action.
An over looked film on the c.v of Mr Willis and Mr Walken.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
A remake of the famous "Fistful of Dollars" brought up to the prohibition era of the thirties.
Bruce Willis as "Smith" rolls into a veritable ghost town in a battered old Ford. The good citizens have abandoned the place to two rival gangs of thugs.
In Eastwood style, Smith plays them against each other, and comes out on top.
The low growling voice of Willis, the old bangers and the sets, make this a most enjoyable film. To top it there is the perpetual dust and desert (in spite of lots of rain) - and it creates effective atmosphere and sense of abandon.
I don't know what sort of firearms he was using, but they never ran out of ammo and bodies dropped by the score. It all made for good viewing.
I am not at big Willis fan, but this one I enjoyed, particularly as I could predict what was going to happen next, loving the old Spaghetti Westerns.
I have seen a lot worse!
Wonder where it was filmed?
Bruce Willis as "Smith" rolls into a veritable ghost town in a battered old Ford. The good citizens have abandoned the place to two rival gangs of thugs.
In Eastwood style, Smith plays them against each other, and comes out on top.
The low growling voice of Willis, the old bangers and the sets, make this a most enjoyable film. To top it there is the perpetual dust and desert (in spite of lots of rain) - and it creates effective atmosphere and sense of abandon.
I don't know what sort of firearms he was using, but they never ran out of ammo and bodies dropped by the score. It all made for good viewing.
I am not at big Willis fan, but this one I enjoyed, particularly as I could predict what was going to happen next, loving the old Spaghetti Westerns.
I have seen a lot worse!
Wonder where it was filmed?
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Published 7 months ago by Mr. C. J. Davies
Awesome!
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