Product: The Sacketts [VHS] (1979)
Rating: 3.0
Too little payoff for the viewing time invested
This feature does have good qualities. The casting is spot on, the cinematography great, the character development good. It has the "feel" of a good western epic. One doesn't get the impression that any corners were cut.Unfortunately, the pacing is glacial. There just isn't enough story to fill the 193 minutes of screen time. Worse, one of the story lines is wrapped up far too quickly despite the extensive build up it was given. The other story line conclusion is far more satisfactory but the wait seems interminable.In short, this story could have been done on just one of the dvds. Not a bad western by any means but definitely flawed.