I am a hard core fan of Clint Eastwood's Man With No Name trilogy and the two thoughtful follow-ups he controlled: High Plains Drifter and Pale Rider. I disliked Terrence Hill's corruption of the genre with his grinning, overdubbed, hip "whatever" character and was glad when he went away.
Doc West (2 parts) is a bit predictable and corny, but enjoyable story about a doctor who finds redemption. A story about an unusual (and a somewhat hard to believe) hero who was a doctor in Boston but is now a professional gambler and expert gunslinger and who has a good heart.
As an adult movie, this rates perhaps a 1 or a 2. The best parts about it are the full frontal shots of Terrence Hill's face, showing his steely blue eyes.
Terrence Hill minus Bud Spencer, but Paul Sorvino making up the other half of the Italian duo nice enough. Not a gritty action or major comedic turn.
I saw this TV movie on a UK TV channel, where it was called DOC WEST'S CHALLENGE and split into two parts over two consecutive nights. The film is of interest to spaghetti westerns for marking the return of popular spaghetti western actor Terence Hill to the genre, some decades since he was last famed around the world for his comedy westerns.
Very, very corny. The plot, dialogue - and even the music - is trite and juvenile.
I love the movies Terence Hill put out in the '70s and '80s, and I was curious to see an example of what Hill has been putting out in the present day, which explains why I rented "Doc West". Sadly, I didn't think too much of this effort.
The acting is not very good but it adds charm to this little PG gem. Its a cute little generic western movie, very clean.
A thoroughly predictable and trite story line, which was an enjoyable two hours. The supporting acting is top notch, and the attention to setting detail deserves attention.
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