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Ulzana's Raid (1972) (Uncut Version) (Region 2) (Import)

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  • Boxed-product Weight: 82 g
  • ASIN: B004WVN1MC
  • Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 17 April 2011
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 customer reviews

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5.0 out of 5 starsMaybe you don't want to think of the white man being savage like the Apache?
By Spike Owen TOP 500 REVIEWER on 4 Sept. 2012
Apache renegade Ulzana goes on a murder raid, hot on his trail is a posse of cavalrymen. Led by the young and inexperienced Lt. Garnett DeBuin, the cavalrymen in order to survive and defeat Ulzana, must rely on the help of tough old scout McIntosh and his trusty Indian friend, Ke-Ni-Tay.

Directed masterfully by Robert Aldrich (The Dirty Dozen & The Longest Yard), Ulzana's Raid is just shy of being an uncompromising masterpiece. There is no pandering to political correctness here, this is showing the bitter hostility of the Indian war, torture and murderous inclination is the order of the day. The allegories to Vietnam are hard to ignore as our band of men are struggling out in the wilderness against Ulzana's hostile raiders, the sprawling mountainous landscape another tool to the already handily equipped Apache.

What lifts Ulzana's Raid high above many of its contemporaries is its on the money dialogue. A wonderfully complex script from Alan Sharp manages to make all the characters intriguing and deserving of further delving. The Apache are savage, and Aldrich doesn't flinch from showing this, but they are afforded respect, and crucially, understanding. Ulzana's Raid could quite easily have been a one sided blood letting exercise in Western folklore, but it isn't. The motives and attitudes of the white man party is there for all to scrutinise, with much attention to detail given as the many conversations bring rich and rewarding results to the discerning viewer. From the off it's evident that McIntosh & DeBuin have vastly different views of Ulzana's actions, but as the film moves forward; all manner of questions leap out, be it Christian values, racial hatred or merely imperialistic trust; all parties involved are hurtling towards the final reckoning.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsA stark and brutal Western
By Pyke Bishop on 26 July 2011
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Directed by Robert Aldrich, Ulzana's Raid presents a detailed account of a platoon's hunt for a group of Apaches who have escaped their reservation and committed acts of rape, murder, and mutilation.This stark and brutal Western is also a fitting if damning allegory about the American involvement in Vietnam, which was at its height when the film was released. Set in Arizona during the late 1880s, the film begins with experienced scout McIntosh (Burt Lancaster) and idealistic U.S. Cavalry Lieutenant DeBuin (Bruce Davison) setting out to catch a group of Apache renegades lead by their chieftain, Ulzana (Joaquin Martinez). The story focuses on the opposing views of the two men regarding Ulzana. McIntosh is cold and cynical while DeBuin is morally outraged by supposed Apache atrocities. The film, written by Alan Sharp, poses a set of complex questions about the nature of heroism, racism, and American imperialism. The film illuminates the history, social issues and psychological causes of interracial racial warfare.

At first, the two men appear as types: An aging Indian fighter and a tenderfoot officer who lead a platoon, setting out to counter a murderous Apache attack. The inexperienced idealist sees the Indian as a noble victim or inhuman enemy. When he asks the experienced scout if he hates the Indians, McIntosh replies that hating the Apache would be like hatin' the desert cause there ain't no water on it.

They hold radically different views of Martinez's actions. McIntosh is cold and cynical, while DeBuin's Christian morality is incensed by the Apache atrocities, but Ulzanas savagery, brutal killings and tortures are a cultural manifestation, no worse than the spiritual pretense of the white men.Read more ›
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