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Title: a real turkey
Review: a ghastly film that even the 'dances with wolves'- type sound track can't rescue. it might have made a story for 50 minutes but at 2 hrs 10 it drags on for eternity. so what is so bad about it? a truly dreadful screenplay, lousy direction (with every scene three times longer than it should be) plus a repetitive cliched story that leaves zilch to the imagination. you have the impression that you have seen every scene before. that is because you have. costner even manages to wreck the pekinpah-style shoot out at the end, turning it into an absurd parody.there were a few good things. alberta looks great. duvall does a reprise of his augustus mccrae character (lonesome dove), albeit a doddery one. michael gambon enjoys himself as the villain of the piece while annette still looks good heading into middle age. thin pickings though. best give this one a miss.
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