If
you love westerns, especially those with a modern sensibility, then you must
checkout this Robert Aldrich directed film. Burt Lancaster is the veteran
tracker hired by government soldiers to hunt after a dangerous Apache outlaw
violently killing settlers and stealing horses. Leading the
hunting party is a naïve and young Lieutenant who believes he can succeed
because they have the moral center to win. I didn’t think of
it as I was watching it but you really can sense the influence the Vietnam War
had on this film. And like all conflicts of this nature, it always ends
badly for both sides. That’s what I loved about this film; it
doesn’t romanticize the West but presents a great truth without
preaching. Ulzana is a bad guy but so are the solders hunting
him, for they represent the original raiders of the Native American
land. This really is a brilliant movie and it’s annoying it’s
not more celebrated by the masses. Grade: A-
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