The Appaloosa (1966) is a movie I recently watched for the first time in a long time on Tubi. The storyline follows a man that returns to some friends and agrees to help them turn their home into a ranch that thrives and they can be proud of. On his way to see them some Mexican bandits try to steal his horse unsuccessfully. Unfortunately for him, one drunken night the Mexican bandits come to the house and steal his horse anyway. The man puts his life and the future of the family at risk when he hunts down the bandits to get his horse back.
This movie is directed by Sidney J. Furie (Iron Eagle) and stars Marlon Brando (Fugitive Kind), Anjanette Comer (The Baby), John Saxon (A Nightmare on Elm Street), Emilio Fernández (The Wild Bunch), Miriam Colon (Scarface) and Frank Silvera (Hombre).
The storyline for this movie is pretty straightforward but fun to watch unfold. Brando is awesome and he's eccentric but not so eccentric he seems awkward, just more unpredictable, which worked in this genre. There's an arm wrestling scene in this that's fantastic and cinematic gold. The horse stealing sequence at the end is very good and intense, especially the pin down scene where Brando has to make some tough decisions. The entire final shootout is pretty good.
Overall this is far from a western classic though it has some western classic elements. I would score this a 7/10 and recommend seeing it once.
This movie is directed by Sidney J. Furie (Iron Eagle) and stars Marlon Brando (Fugitive Kind), Anjanette Comer (The Baby), John Saxon (A Nightmare on Elm Street), Emilio Fernández (The Wild Bunch), Miriam Colon (Scarface) and Frank Silvera (Hombre).
The storyline for this movie is pretty straightforward but fun to watch unfold. Brando is awesome and he's eccentric but not so eccentric he seems awkward, just more unpredictable, which worked in this genre. There's an arm wrestling scene in this that's fantastic and cinematic gold. The horse stealing sequence at the end is very good and intense, especially the pin down scene where Brando has to make some tough decisions. The entire final shootout is pretty good.
Overall this is far from a western classic though it has some western classic elements. I would score this a 7/10 and recommend seeing it once.