The Cherokee Kid

Decent but dull and recycled film about The Cherokee Kid (Sinbad) and his many idiotic adventures. I don't remember much of this movie, but there is one thing I do remember: never, ever give SinBAD his own movie ever again.

The Cherokee Kid was one of my favorite movies as a child. I remember it playing on HBO a lot when I was around 13 years old. Sinbad's films were so awesome. I also love Houseguest and First Kid too, but The Cherokee Kid was always my personal favorite. I was just feeling nostalgic about the film a week or so ago and my girlfriend and I watched it. I hadn't watched the film in probably 10 or 15 years and she had never seen it. We both enjoyed the hell out of it to say the least and I think it's pretty much as good as I remember. Now, don't get me wrong, it's not the best Western-Comedy by any means. It doesn't even come close to being as great as a film like Maverick, or even a tv show like The Adventures of Brisco County Jr., but it is highly entertaining and very well-done, and Sinbad deserved more roles like this where he could showcase his immense comedic talents. I think he was still underutilized and underrated even at the height of his career.

" Cherokee Kid " is, with certainty, a good entertainment. It is a light, funny film and ideal for the children, Sinbad interprets Cherokee Kid with claw and efficiency, it is really impossible to leave off sympathizing with his character and with the simple and beautiful plot, that teaches important values for all of us, as friendship, love, accuses and redemption, all this done for a public of all the ages in an accessible way! but, with certainty, the best performance of this film is due to Burt Reynolds. He had not still made the film that threw him again to the stardom, Boogie Nights, but even so, he offers a pretty interpretation, worthy of applauses. Reynolds interprets Otter Bob, a simple and humble man, who knows the wild life, and who becomes Cherokee Kid's best friend. In certain scenes, Burt Reynolds shows us all his competence and love for the art of the interpretation, and it is literally impossible to leave off being moved in these parts, mainly for not being just another actor who is saying the sentences, but yes a dear and well-known movies' legend, a true part of the history of Hollywood!his character is a wild man, but with a good heart, of gold, that doesn't think twice in jumping in front of a bullet to save his only and best friend... It is also incredible how it was needed a young director with intelligence, sensibility and vision, called Paul Thomas Anderson, to show to the world that the man who one day had been the largest star of the world was still alive and that he still knew how to act. Congratulations, Burt Reynolds. Once again you showed us what it takes to become a real star...

Bumbling Sinbad sets out to avenge the murder of his parents years earlier by villainous railroad boss James Coburn. Failing miserably the first time around, he learns to fight, shoot, and survive from mountain man Burt Reynolds and notorious bandit Ernie Hudson, before taking on Coburn a second time.

Winning performances by the endlessly glib Sinbad and scene-stealers Reynolds and A. Martinez, along with some genuinely funny moments and some good action, make for a truly entertaining movie that surprisingly has a lot to say about friendship and loyalty.

The great all-star cast also includes Gregory Hines and Hal Williams. There's great chemistry at work here. Also, look fast for old-time black cowboy star Herb Jeffries in a non-speaking background role.

I really wish HBO Films were still making good movies like this!

The Cherokee Kid is a 1996 made for T. V. Western comedy about a naive farm boy's quest for vengeance after his parents are killed by a vicious land-grabber when he was a child.

Most made for T. V. films usually aren't very good, but I've always enjoyed The Cherokee Kid. It captures the spirit of an old west tale of revenge alongside a mix of fun comedy nicely. Sinbad is delightful to watch as Isaiah Turner, a bumbling farm boy who grows up and learns from a great cast of characters how to become an old west gunslinger, so he can avenge the death of his parents and brother. It's pretty silly at times, but never fails to be anything other than entertaining.

It's not the best western out there or the best comedy ever, but it's still a good movie that should bring out a few chuckles. If you haven't seen this before, I would recommend giving it a chance.