The Alamo But Not As You Know It

Rating: 6/10 (25 January 2014)

This was generally not bad. I've studied the Alamo in books. The main characters were okay, with Jason Patric excellent as Jim Bowie, but the actor playing Sant Anna, I felt was miscast, and not the dynamic commander you expected. Though meant as entertainment, the Alamo compound itself jarred my eye being wrongly laid out, but only because I know some of the history, which does work against you in such a film. If only they had it a bit more like the Alamo compound used in John Wayne's epic. I felt after the battle ended at the Alamo the film should have ended, instead of trying to follow on to San Jacinto, as it was it these scenes, the lack of numbers in extras than those who were actually there was very evident. One man equal to ten or even twenty men may work in wargaming, but not in a film. As for the demise of Crockett as shown, wasn't really needed. Anyway, I prefer this version to that made in 1960.