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Title: THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY MIND
Review: When this Ron Howard western wasn't strictly formula, it was simply viscious. Beatings, stabbings, ritualistic murders and a constant peril to children give this film a smutty look highlighted by a bound and gagged group of young girls being dragged across the American southwestern desert. Plot contivances pile up as fast as the dead bodies. Just how much could these kidnapped girls be worth that they are guarded by enough gunmen to rob the Wells Fargo bank? The supernatural elements are an excuse for lack of any dramatic depth. This is a 'C-minus' western with a big glossy shine in which the American Indians are not only savage-like bad guys, but they possess evil powers as well. I guess in the mind of these filmmakers, that is an elevated status. Hey kimosabe, find me a John Wayne film quick!
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