Maybe it's just me, but Willie Nelson looks just about as old in this thirty year old movie as he does now. He's here in an unlikely team up with Gary Busey, both on the run as saddle tramps from different factions who want their hide. In Karl Westover's (Busey) case, a pair of brothers are tracking him for the death of another sibling, although it wasn't intentional, but dead is dead. Barbarosa (Nelson) never got the blessing of his Mexican father-in-law (Gilbert Roland) for marrying the man's daughter, and finds himself on the outs with the Savalas clan once again after a self defense killing of Don Braulio's son Luis. The odd duo try to avoid trouble by staying one step ahead of their enemies, but that doesn't always work out with results that lead to more mayhem and death.
Willie Nelson made a fair handful of Westerns over the years; my favorite of the ones I've seen so far is probably the 1999 TV movie "The Long Kill", in which he appears with fellow country singer Kris Kristofferson with a very brief appearance by Waylon Jennings. It doesn't rate as highly with IMDb viewers but has only been rated by about a third as many as this one. "The Red Headed Stranger" is probably the best known and scores higher, but I thought that story was a mess.
Not all goes well for Willie's character in this story. After teaching a few tricks of the outlaw trade to his farm boy partner Karl, he finds himself on the receiving end of a knife wielded by Savalas son Eduardo (Danny De La Paz), and ruefully declares "They killed me this time". However Karl doesn't allow the family to rejoice too long over their apparent victory, and takes on the guise of the feared Barbarosa to keep the legend alive.
Willie Nelson made a fair handful of Westerns over the years; my favorite of the ones I've seen so far is probably the 1999 TV movie "The Long Kill", in which he appears with fellow country singer Kris Kristofferson with a very brief appearance by Waylon Jennings. It doesn't rate as highly with IMDb viewers but has only been rated by about a third as many as this one. "The Red Headed Stranger" is probably the best known and scores higher, but I thought that story was a mess.
Not all goes well for Willie's character in this story. After teaching a few tricks of the outlaw trade to his farm boy partner Karl, he finds himself on the receiving end of a knife wielded by Savalas son Eduardo (Danny De La Paz), and ruefully declares "They killed me this time". However Karl doesn't allow the family to rejoice too long over their apparent victory, and takes on the guise of the feared Barbarosa to keep the legend alive.