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The Outlaw Josey Wales review
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 03/06/2013
The family of Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood) has been murdered. He practices with a gun and becomes an outlaw to avenge his wife and son. Soundtrack was wonderful but nothing memorable. Eastwood's performance was earnest though the other figures felt unbelievable. The action was relentless and screenplay impressive. Some memorable lines: "Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is." and " I guess we all died a little in that damn war." - Josey. "It's sad that governments are chiefed by the double tongues" - Ten Bears. Only minor qualms this reviewer had were the length due to the number of background characters (some even a bit cheesy with the dialogues) that rode with him and the death of the person who died by the sword …
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3.5/4
"The Outlaw Josey Wales" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 04/30/2012
Yet another great western from Clint, he directs with real conviction probably more in the no nonsense style of Don "Dirty Harry" Siegel than Leone, but the result is an affecting and hugely likeable story. Josey Wales is a farmer who joins the southern rebels when his family is butchered by unionist raiders, only to see his friends murdered when they try to surrender at the end of the war. While on the run from their now state sanctioned killers, he encounters and befriends an entourage of oddballs and misfits who become his surrogate family. The first half hour is a fairly generic revenge western, but things come to life at the appearance of Chief Dan George, who brings real warmth and humour to his character, a kind of deconstructed portrait of the noble savage who is dismayed at his …
