Fort Ti

I first saw Fort Ti as a kid at the local movie house during the 3D fad years. I thought it was great and memories of the movie stayed with me over the years. Some great action sequences that worked well with the 3D process, but did not seemed forced. I give director William Castle credit for weaving in the the action scenes better than some of the other directors handling the 3D process at the time. I disagree with other commentators, that there are no major stars in the film. George Montgomery was at the time a major actor in westerns and action films and would later star in his own television western series. Seeing the film in recent years on the Encore Western channel, I see a lot lacking in terms of the story and the acting I that missed as a youngster caught up in the 3D action, diving in my seat when a thrown tomahawk appeared to be flying off the screen

"Fort Ti" starts off well but it runs out of gas after a while. Other than the fun 3D fights and the semi-dreamy Joan Vohs, this movie has little to offer. Most of the goodwill built up in the first half hour is gone by the last. Despite the short running time (73 mins), "Fort Ti" feels like a pretty long movie.

This is the only French & Indian War movie I've seen besides NORTHWEST PASSAGE, plus re-run some episodes of the TV series by the same name (on TNT a while back).

This particular movie isn't too great. No remarkable cast. No big action scenes. George Montgomery sounds to be reading any of his longer lines from cue cards. The story is boring and unoriginal.

One thing I did like -- in every battle scene characters throw knives, spears, tomahakws etc. right at the camera and the objects look to flying right at you. On the big screen or sitting next the TV this will make you jump every time.

AMC has a pretty decent quality print. But I had no 3D glasses, so the movie looked normal rather than the original 3D format.

You'll have to dodge those arrows, spears and tomahawks, in this otherwise routine period piece, originaly filmed in 3D.

George Montgomery is a jerk again in this 3-D silliness about 'rangers' (that's guys who run around in Robin Hood costumes fighting anybody who comes down the path).

You've seen it all before in 'Northwest Passage' which was a lot better. That film had Spencer Tracy. This one has grumpy George Monty. Was that guy ever happy?