Ghost Rock

Michael Worth stars as a gun-runner who goes up against the local mobster (Gary Busey) who wiped out Worth's friends and family years ago, however a mysterious blonde has returned and is killing of Busey's gang one by one, also on hand is Jeff Fahey who is fairly useless to the High Plains Drifter rip off storyline. When I think westerns I don't think of dynamic martial artistry combining with six-shooters. There is a problem of tone and due to this the movie never gels and we are left to flounder in the silliness of watching a hybrid of two genres that never mix that well. The best of these hybrids was Lone Wolf McQuade but the movie this reminds me was the Olvier Gruner starred dud The Fighter. Which also combined kickboxing with western antics, the western ripped off there was Shane, where as this one rips off High Plains Drifter, even down to the "twist" at the end. This is of course a very silly effort but Dustin Rikert is not much of an action director and for this the movie is fairly dull.

*1/2 out of 4-(Poor)

A "western" with people running around doing Shaolin kung fu. There's a "Chinese" character who looks as Chinese as my Aunt Sally, who has never seen a Chinese person in her life. All the bad guys are dummies, and even though they always have their guns aimed at the good guys at point blank range and could kill them at any time, never bothers to pull the trigger. This, despite the fact that the bad guy's head honcho (Gary Busey) has killed people randomly throughout the film, but for some reason always lets the hero go so he can come back for one of those final shoot-outs. The script by the star is nonsensical, even as camp. The martial arts is actually quite good, but in the background of a western, it's just...wrong. Also, did the female lead steal Sharon Stone's clothes from THE QUICK AND THE DEAD? Someone call the police.

4 out of 10

An interesting and incongruous mixture of martial arts and old fashioned gunslinging happen in this western of Ghost Rock. The film is so named after a town where Gary Busey is the town boss. He's having some threats to his leadership coming and he's brought in a group of outlaws as enforcers headed by David Jean Thomas who look like they enjoy their work.

Our nominal hero is Michael Worth who can use a little training in both the martial arts and firearms. He's aided and abetted by Sharon Stone ripoff Jenya Lano.

The film is poor in about every department you can name. I guess you either needed the late David Carradine for this kind of hybrid film or Chuck Norris in his salad days.

During the first few minutes, I was on the floor, rolling in laughter. With tears still in my eye, I'm writing this down.

Probably made with a cheap digital camera, the scenes are shot without any thought. The live action compares to a well rehearsed school play. The editing in most porn movies are of higher quality. Actually, most porn movies have better acting in it. This is definitely a movie to be seen with a group of friends and lots of beer. You'll be having so much fun. Don't see this movie because you're expecting a movie. Only watch if you've made sure the floor is clear of pointy things, you need at least 3 by 3 meters to roll around.

With their careers drawing to a close, I think Mr.Busey, Mr. Fahey and Ms. Barbeau grabbed the jobs without even reading the script. Oh - wait ! There was no script. This disaster movie disguised as a inept blending of other old western plots had me laughing all the way. But I should have been absorbed in the tale; not laughing. The film screamed "amateur" from the very beginning. Then all through the film (edited I think by the director's sixth grade son) oddly disconnected scenes accompanied by loud (presumably for added drama) music. Although they are featured as the stars, Busey, Fahey and Barbeau were doubtless recruited for a little name power since all of them played only supporting roles. James Hong is always good, but his role added little to the tale. There is little rhyme or reason to this film. I had the impression that the director just winged it from day to day for all of the three days it took to destroy 90 minutes of film.