Looking at the previous reviews for this movie, I figured I'd be disappointed. I was pleasantly surprised.
I love this movie. It might not be the best of Willie Nelson, Jack Elam, Delta Burke - I think that it's a fun Western adventure that I enjoy watching.
Although a few of the particularities that distinguish successful director Burt Kennedy's slow paced Westerns are to be found here in this film made for television, they yet are beneath a standard he has established in his most successful works, with a result that the piece is barely tolerable, generating very little of interest that might keep a viewer's attention focused upon the narrative. One will be expected to believe that a plot depicting two American adventurers journeying through the heart of civil strife torn 1895 Mexico in a train bearing a large load of dynamite, all the while attempting to evade unfriendly actions of Federale troops, anti-Porfirio Diaz rebels, hostile Apache Indians, and persistent Wells Fargo agents, might promise a great deal of action and suspense, but such fail to develop due to a weakly constructed script.
This Willie Nelson film has a promising premise and Willie has great chemistry with the western veteran Jack Elam. However, the movie is lacking in the right combination of script,directing and casting that mark Willie's other movie outings.
