Pale Rider (DVD)

Well what can I say ? If you watch this film, then you'll already be a fan of Clint Eastwood,as the film itself is now quite old.But this film is what Clint does best-playing a man of few words,who has a past he doesn't share .Clint plays a man with no name who appears one day in a town and basically turns things upside down,,he pretends to be a "preacher" ,but is in fact a retired gun fighter who helps the local town cope with the bully boy tactics of the big mining company who are trying to force the towns' people to give up their gold mine stakes.There is a good moral story here about faith being everything to those uder pressure and really is ...  Read the complete review

Very much Eastwood-lite, this is like a rerun of 'High Plains Drifter' or a rehearsal for 'Unforgiven', but either way, it's a low-key but beautifully made film. Like a lot of westerns you've seen before, 'Pale Rider' sees a stranger come to town, breaking up fights and seemingly on the side of good, especially when he reveals that he's a preacher, but there are hints of a violent past as Eastwood attempts to put down corrupt landowners. The atmosphere of a dry, dusty town is beautifully evoked, and of all directors currently at work, Eastwood knows and understands the mythic, violent world of the Western. It isn't as ...  Read the complete review