Poor effort on Peckinpah's part.

Rating: Null/10 (29 May 2003)

I am dumbfounded by the great length of several of the reviews posted about this movie.
It is a mediocre movie by a great talent. Many of the philosophical and political comments made here would be apropros to the book upon which it is based, but the movie is a mere shadow of the book. I see no profundity in the movie itself and none of the imagination of some of Peckinpah's other work.
I can't recommend this movie to any but the most die-hard Peckinpah fan. It has taken me several years to watch the movie completely through to the end as I simply fall asleep during the repetitive battle scenes and the poorly-written dialogue.