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Gunfighter's Moon [VHS]

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4 star:		(3)
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1 star:		(3)

 

 

This is a great film if you happen to be a Lance Henriksen enthusiast. It's the story of Frank Morgan, a legendary gunfighter. Morgan's past catches up with him when his old flame asks for his help, and he meets his daughter for the first time.

This is a highly entertaining film. To see Lance kick major ass as a gunfighter and have the starring role is all you need. As always he has the best dialogue, probably lines Lance came up with himself.

I have seen many of Lance's films and this is one of his best!

I ordered this DVD on the strength of the preview, seen on another web site, and reports from other customers who purchased it. I was from the opening scenes, pleased with this movie. It was good to see a western where the lead character is gritty, not ' politically correct ', and is his own man. In a bio on Lance, I read where he really put himself into this role, and was able to handle his own stunts and revolver work. The results being a good old fashioned western where a dark hero comes to the aid of someone from his past, and no matter what the odds, he prevails. One can also note themes taken from other westerns like High Noon, when the townsfolks refuse to assist their local stand in law man. But it is Frank Morgan's story, and Lance makes Frank come alive and he steals every scene he's in. The closing scene seems to be a fitting end for such a good film. His daughter, finally coming to know that this stranger gunman, was her real father...as he rides off. I have an extensive collection of western films and now having seen Gunfighter's Moon, rank it as perhaps my favorite of all. Thank you Amazon.

lance henricksen shines in his performance as an outlaw who comes back into town to help his one and only true love.he finds out that he is the father of a 15 year old girl,and decides to save the day for her and her mother.the love intrest is played by kay lenz who was in the movie house and married to david cassidy for a while in real life.excellent movie that tugs at your heart.

I have always admired Lance Henrikson as a actor, and this movie is well done with Lance as a awesome quick drawing gunfighter. Lance does it so well, you think he is as actually as good as gunfighter in real life as he is in the movie. Good movie, good story and entertaining, and I am happy to have it in my movie library.

I rate SHANE, HIGH NOON, and THE CULPEPPER CATTLE COMPANY as the three best westerns ever made.

I rate this as about half as good---but the 4th best best western I have seen.
Lance Hendrickson is terrific as he gives off the sympathetic persona of a sad, resigned, top level professional (gunfighter) who is true to his calling, whether he chooses the situations he finds himself in or not. The picnic scene with his daughter (who doesn't know he is her father) as she chatters on about her father--how she would have liked so much to have known him---how (she was told) he was killed in the war----is wrenching. The contrast between the innocent, chattering young girl and the grizzled, weatherbeaten-by-life, but tough as nails aging gunfighter is brought home strongly.

The final scene is the best gunfight in any movie (I realize the finale of Shane is tops too).
The bad guy here is absolutely terrific----one of the best , scummiest, slimiest badguys ever. The guy deserves an oscar for what he did there (He has one from ME). The long,drawn-out prelude to the actual gunfight---- where the head bad guy talks and talks and talks to give his two fellow hoods time to manuever into positions that makes it look impossible for the hero to come out alive--- is the highlight of the movie.

The very ending, where the daughter finally gets an inkling of who the stranger might be, is wrenchingly effective.

Well worth seeing.

Lance Henriksen (Aliens, Near Dark) gets a real chance to display his seasoned talents in this engaging western. He is truly convincing as the legendary, unpredictable gunfighter Frank Morgan. He's as bad as they come but not without style. This movie rates up there with any western made yet. If you love westerns, this is a must see. If you enjoy Mr. Henriksen's bravado-style of acting, setting him apart in any role he plays, this is a must own. Enjoy!

I'd given up on Westerns since such pitiful attempts as "Posse," "Young Guns" and "Bad Girls." That is, until I saw "Gunfighter's Moon." This is a fantastic western with fantastic acting from Lance Henriksen. The plot was intelligent and moving, particularly the ending. This Henriksen guy is brilliant. An actor to look out for.

This is the most awesome western film ever. I love the Eastwood films, but this one seems to be a combination of all of them. In spite of a totally unbelievable ending with a bullet in the center of his back (after being seriously shot up and barely able to move out of his bed from a gunfight a couple of days before), Lance, the "gunfighter from Hell" who makes a six gun act like a machine gun, provides an awesome portrayal! Sort of like "the living dead" with a gun. Gut wrenching and manly, especially with his ex-wife's "15 year non-relationship," the long-suffering Lance rides off into the sunset. Just awesome. Great cult western. Lance is brilliant and convincing, and that is what makes this western work....

I'm also a Lance Henrickson fan. I don't know why I liked this movie, but it has grown to be my favorite all-time western. The only thing wrong with the movie is: Lance can hardly manage to walk to the final gunfight. Then, in the gunfight, he's shot again -- badly!! (Look at the location of the exit wound in the back of his jacket.) Yet he still manages to mount his horse and ride away (to where?). Dispite this, the movie "fits", the characters are good, and the plot is usable. I don't know why, but I love this movie.

I am biased as a Lance Henriksen fan, but I will also say I am 19 years old - not a prime canidate for a western. The movie focuses around a near-legendary gunslinger who simply wants to move on with his life. The plot includes a past affair that birthed a child, and Henriksen's reunion with the mother. Well-acted (by Henriksen, at least - hense the lack of a fifth star rating) and including some excellent visuals of gunfights and such, this should be on everyone's to-get list.