Big disappointment, mean spirited western

Rating: 5/10 (15 September 2007)

While the performances are good, I found this remake to be a disappointing, mean spirited western, and not the old fashioned western I thought it was going to be. The over the top violence just ruined it for me. For my money the Van Heflin Glen Ford original is miles ahead, and a character driven western, that doesn't dwell on mean spiritedness. Best performance comes from the only classy actor in the movie, Peter Fonda, who wasn't given enough to do. In my opinion, stay away from this and rent or purchase (you won't be disappointed) the original. Well, I was going to leave it at that, but apparently I didn't ramble on enough to publish this review. Perhaps now I have enough on here for it to work! What ever happened to short to the point reviews? Why do I have to have 10 lines??