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15 April 1994 (USA)
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Bruce Dern | ... | Payton McCay | |
| Michael Ironside | ... | Luck Hatcher | |
| Vondie Curtis-Hall | ... | Jessup Bush | |
| Keith Coulouris | ... | Tom Hatcher / Bodine | |
| Daphne Ashbrook | ... | Carrey Rose | |
| Tobin Bell | ... | Bullock | |
| John M. Jackson | ... | Beesly | |
| Melora Walters | ... | Bunny | |
| Jack Rader | ... | Hawkins | |
| Doug McClure | ... | Granger | |
| Randy Travis | ... | U. S. Marshal | |
| Ping Wu | ... | Chim Xu | |
| Robert Cornthwaite | ... | Storekeeper | |
| Eric Boles | ... | Bank Teller | |
| Larry Cedar | ... | Simmons |
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I never died so many times in my whole life.
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The opening ten minutes of this 1994 western are very intense
and very violent, drawing the line between our hero and our
villain...then the film descends into a dopey wannabe comedy a la
"The Sting," and never recovers.
I cannot discuss the plot much because of all the surprise
endings and twists and turns, but here are the basics in a
nutshell: Michael Ironside is a landowner whose spread is
coveted by Bruce Dern, a railroad speculator. Dern kills Ironside's
wife and child, and throws Ironside into jail. Years later, Ironside
escapes and is tracked by bounty hunter Vondie Curtis-Hall and
U.S. marshal Keith Coulouris, who has the nicest hair of any man
in any western.
Curtis-Hall kills Ironside and collects the bounty from Dern, but
wait, read the film's title! Ironside is alive, and Coulouris is really
his son. It seems Curtis-Hall and Ironside have teamed up to stick
it to Dern, and Coulouris may not side with family when it comes to
bringing Dern in according to the law.
What follows is a very complicated con game as other cast
members are revealed to be in on the whole plan to get Dern, but
have troubles trying to keep ahead of the rich railroad magnate.
Doug McClure is along as one of Dern's clumsy henchmen in one
of his last, and most embarassing, roles.
The murder of Ironside's family in the opening minutes leads the
viewer to think this will be an intense and horrific revenge drama.
This gloom is easy to get into, as Curtis-Hall is also no smiles as
the "bounty hunter." The plot takes this one hundred and eighty
degree turn into winking comedy, and never recovers that dramatic
tension again. Ironside is so intense, he rarely seems to be in on
the joke. Curtis-Hall is harassed in the beginning of the film
because he is black, but this subplot is dropped in favor of unfunny
Newman and Redford-type antics. The film holds no surprises,
and eventually you might think things would be easier if someone
would have plugged Dern in the first act.
Country singer Randy Travis plays a small role as Coulouris'
boss, and he is stiffer than hardtack. He has a good screen
presence, but his line delivery is terrible. I have heard more
emotion from the drive thru speaker at Burger King.
Despite some good work by Ironside and Curtis-Hall (who would
go on to punish the world by directing "Glitter"), I will have to slightly
not recommend "Dead Man's Revenge."
This is rated (PG13) for physical violence, gun violence, very mild
profanity, mild sexual references, and some adult situations.