Dallas: War of the Ewings (1998) (TV)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Michael Preece

Writers (WGA):

Arthur Bernard Lewis (story)
Arthur Bernard Lewis (teleplay) ...

Release Date:

24 April 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

It has been two years since Bobby and Sue Ellen Ewing took over control of Ewing Oil. Although J.R. is successfully managing a large oil conglomerate...

Plot Keywords:

Detective | TV Series Reunion | Sequel | Third Part | Deputy Sheriff

Cast

Patrick Duffy	...	Bobby James Ewing
Linda Gray	...	Sue Ellen Shepard Ewing Lockwood
Larry Hagman	...	John Ross 'J.R.' Ewing, Jr.
Michelle Johnson	...	Jennifer Jantzen
Steve Kanaly	...	Raymond 'Ray' Krebbs
George Kennedy	...	Carter McKay
Tracy Scoggins	...	Anita Smithfield
Amanda Welles	...	J.R.'s Secretary
Philip Anglim	...	Peter Ellington
Mark Dalton	...	Rustler
Sean Hennigan	...	John Savory
Sonny Franks	...	Cowboy
Brad Leland	...	Deputy Sheriff
Jerry Cotton	...	Detective Murphy
Constance Jones	...	TV Reporter

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Dallas, Texas, USA

Company:

Lakeside Productions

Movie Connections:

Followed by Doing Dallas (2000) (TV)

One to miss

This is an extremely poor movie with a very weak plot and an ageing cast - not that age is necessarily a bad thing, but surely the most logical thing to do would have been to include some of the next generation Ewings to support the old stalwarts. Although Linda Grey (Sue Ellen) still looks fabulous for a woman of 50-odd and Patrick Duffy (Bobby) hasn't changed much apart from some grey hairs, the main character, Larry Hagman's J.R., is looking very old and jaded now. My main beef with this movie, apart from the lack of new blood and poor plot, was the very small cast. Southfork is decidedly empty these days, and having Sue Ellen living back there at all and on (almost) friendly terms with J.R. is, to my mind, stretching credibility to the limit, even by the standards of U.S. soaps. Let's hope that if there are any more Dallas reunion movies, the makers will have the good sense to include some younger blood - why not bring J.R.'s son John Ross (who'll now be well into his 20s) back as a younger, even more evil, nasty version of the old J.R.? After all, he was an obnoxious, spoilt brat in the original series, and that would be a logical progression. As for this movie - don't bother unless you've absolutely nothing better to do.