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The power elite took his family and his freedom but this one man stood against injustice and made the guilty pay! When local legend Resse Paxton is wrongly accused of murder by the corrupt and racist town leadership and sentenced to prison, he accepts his fate hoping his innocence will eventually set him free. When the self-appointed major brutally murders his wife and son, he has nothing left to live for. In a town that writes its own rules, in a land where the innocent are killed and where the system is rotten, Paxton decides to take the law into his own hands and dispense his own form of justice. The Man Who Came Back is a gripping tale of revenge based on the legendary true story of the Thibodaux Massacre of 1887.
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A great example of the classic American Western... should not be missed. --Home Theatre Info
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Albeit that this isn't an expensive DVD perhaps I should have paid more attention to the reviews. The film looks and feels like a TV soap as a result of excessive use of the big close up, long-end-of-the-lens shots, and the lack of artful tracking and craning; though most of the acting is fair enough. The "hard" (contrasty) look makes me think it was shot on tape not on celluloid, which is why it looks like a TV soap rather than a big screen production.
Sadly and regretfully, I found it difficult to be convinced by the hero who, I think, was badly miscast - a fine actor in the wrong role. The aged revenge-seeker part sits much more comfortably on a wiry, wizened Clint Eastwood type who demonstrably battles his infirmity as well as the bad guys. Though having said that John Wayne very successfully threw his chunky characters into derring-do. Somehow it doesn't work here. Perhaps it is because, surprisingly, the hero's age is never admitted (except for one early, intimate, throwaway moment with his wife) in the context of the high octane action. He is clearly not a young man and we would expect this to be an issue. Some (any) focus on that would have made the story more gripping and added depth to the character.
The random, gratuitously over-long and unnecessary to the plot sex scene (very un-John Wayne) doesn't help. Maybe in the film-watching mainstream we're just not ready for nymphette on grandad action. But this is just a detail not the major criticism. Though you do feel that the director really enjoyed lingering over this while nodding much else through.
Potentially this is an excellent storyline but the casting, production quality and direction don't do it justice. A great shame. It's cheap enough - see what you think.
Sadly and regretfully, I found it difficult to be convinced by the hero who, I think, was badly miscast - a fine actor in the wrong role. The aged revenge-seeker part sits much more comfortably on a wiry, wizened Clint Eastwood type who demonstrably battles his infirmity as well as the bad guys. Though having said that John Wayne very successfully threw his chunky characters into derring-do. Somehow it doesn't work here. Perhaps it is because, surprisingly, the hero's age is never admitted (except for one early, intimate, throwaway moment with his wife) in the context of the high octane action. He is clearly not a young man and we would expect this to be an issue. Some (any) focus on that would have made the story more gripping and added depth to the character.
The random, gratuitously over-long and unnecessary to the plot sex scene (very un-John Wayne) doesn't help. Maybe in the film-watching mainstream we're just not ready for nymphette on grandad action. But this is just a detail not the major criticism. Though you do feel that the director really enjoyed lingering over this while nodding much else through.
Potentially this is an excellent storyline but the casting, production quality and direction don't do it justice. A great shame. It's cheap enough - see what you think.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Enthusiasm for westerns is something shared by persons as diverse as Josef Stalin, Winston Churchill and Ludwig Wittgenstein. Oh, and me as well! I can't imagine that they would be too impressed with this one. Stalin's reaction would no doubt have been to send the director Glen Petrie to the Gulags in Siberia, if he could have laid his hands on him, to prevent him from making more horrors like this. My experience through watching modern westerns should have warned me, but I just can't help self immolating myself in them. I think I need help!
The film is based on the Thibodaux massacre in Louisiana in 1887. The story concerns a white overseer, played by Eric Braeden, who demands justice for ex slave workers. These people are mercilessly exploited by white plantation owners who pay them in worthless notes, putting them into debt with the plantations. Under such circumstances they rebel against this draconian system and strike, with the inevitable violent repercussions. After a number of atrocities and a kangaroo court, Braeden ends up in a brutal prison, but it will not be giving too much away to say that he comes back. Good will to all men is not at the forefront of his thinking.
The story line is not a bad one, and the film is certainly better than that other recent dire western "Defiance", which plumbed the depths of ineptitude. It is also marginally better than the pretty awful "Age of the Gunslinger", but not a lot. Lead actor Eric Braeden strives manfully, but how should I put it politely, is a little past his sell by date. It was simply amazing that a man of his age was able to endure such hardship, let alone come back. No wonder he had a permanently world weary look. Braeden has a highly embarrassing love scene with an attractive prostitute, which would have been better omitted, together with everything else. Billy Zane plays a lesser role as a corrupt Yankee lawyer. He worked with Braeden on "Titanic", and was obviously keen to jump on board another sinking ship with him. Respected actor George Kennedy, who must be well into his eighties now, turns up as a corrupt judge. He is not required to get out of his seat often! The worst is saved to last as the film heads to a sickly and contrived ending, that like "Age of the Gunslinger", shamelessly plagiarises a famous Ridley Scott film. I suggest you don't bother watching to find out! Two stars, because it is a western
The film is based on the Thibodaux massacre in Louisiana in 1887. The story concerns a white overseer, played by Eric Braeden, who demands justice for ex slave workers. These people are mercilessly exploited by white plantation owners who pay them in worthless notes, putting them into debt with the plantations. Under such circumstances they rebel against this draconian system and strike, with the inevitable violent repercussions. After a number of atrocities and a kangaroo court, Braeden ends up in a brutal prison, but it will not be giving too much away to say that he comes back. Good will to all men is not at the forefront of his thinking.
The story line is not a bad one, and the film is certainly better than that other recent dire western "Defiance", which plumbed the depths of ineptitude. It is also marginally better than the pretty awful "Age of the Gunslinger", but not a lot. Lead actor Eric Braeden strives manfully, but how should I put it politely, is a little past his sell by date. It was simply amazing that a man of his age was able to endure such hardship, let alone come back. No wonder he had a permanently world weary look. Braeden has a highly embarrassing love scene with an attractive prostitute, which would have been better omitted, together with everything else. Billy Zane plays a lesser role as a corrupt Yankee lawyer. He worked with Braeden on "Titanic", and was obviously keen to jump on board another sinking ship with him. Respected actor George Kennedy, who must be well into his eighties now, turns up as a corrupt judge. He is not required to get out of his seat often! The worst is saved to last as the film heads to a sickly and contrived ending, that like "Age of the Gunslinger", shamelessly plagiarises a famous Ridley Scott film. I suggest you don't bother watching to find out! Two stars, because it is a western
7 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Billy Zane's traveled down the Straight-to-Video route which is a shame as he is one of the few redeeming things in this movie. He scene steals shamelessly and brilliantly. We should be thankful for him as this movie is a bit of a stinker and a little dull.
It could be great, the premis is excellent, but as someone else has said it's too "clean" and very flat in its direction.
A waste.
It could be great, the premis is excellent, but as someone else has said it's too "clean" and very flat in its direction.
A waste.
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Thibodaux Massacre of 1887 I am sure would have made a great base for a film but this movie misses the mark, 300 people died in the massacre but this film glides over that fact and... Read more
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