Grandlk.

My one line summary is a reworking of the tag line "The less you know, the safer you are". Reading the original synopsis on IMDB gives too much away. If you haven't read it - don't. Just RUN to the store and rent this video. Be like me and don't read the synopsis on the box either. Just take my word for it and that of the anonymous author of the very well written comments that precede mine. This is a GREAT movie. It's witty, falling down funny, sad as blazes, suspenseful, and exciting. Stewart and Williams are dynamite together.

I first saw this when it first came out on Video. I thought it was OK. Recently I got the new remastered wide screen edition and it is a delight. (I knew Costner had shot two guys at once the first time but they were standing behind my speaker system that time and I couldn't see them fall.) The 'making of' segment following the feature is really interesting too. The cast is great, the action is great, the music is great. I rate this as the last great action western.

This is an affectionate send-up of the B westerns. If you've only seen A westerns you'll miss half the fun. If you hate westerns altogether you'll miss all the fun. Tom B. and everyone else plays their roles absolutely straight and are a riot because of it. Never before in film history have I seen a single running gag (i.e. 'the same thing happens in every western') be sustained for the film's duration from so many different angles.