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Hang 'Em High
(directed by Ted Post, 1968)
I thought it was high time to watch and review something different for a change. Westerns have never been my area, but the other day I decided to buy Hang 'Em High on Blu-ray, which looked great most of the time. I haven't seen much of Clint Eastwood or much of westerns for that matter. I was disappointed that Hang 'Em High couldn't be crossed off of the MoFo Westerns movie list -- I think I'm only at 2% on that. I also found nothing about this movie while searching MoFo, so I thought I would bring it to your attention.
Hang 'Em High finds Jed Cooper (Clint Eastwood) in Oklahoma, late 19th century, with revenge on his mind -- at the beginning of the film, he's LYNCHED!, and didn't deserve it. But he survives and he survives with revenge on his mind. He is taken to a town called Fort Grant and given a job by Commissioner Gordon (Pat Hingle) as a marshal, and then he sets off on his horsey looking for the men who did him wrong. Along the way he catches some young guys accused of murder and he ends up taking them back to Fort Grant, where they will be hung in a sadistic community lynching, complete with singing and hot dog vendors.
Meanwhile, there's also a romance going on between Jed Cooper and a pretty blonde woman called Rachel Warren (Inger Stevens). Jed even gets plenty of rest and sexy action at the town brothel, where a red headed bimbette nurses him back to health, along with Rachel, who is a traumatized woman that needs men to go slow and gentle with her.
Overall, this is a revenge flick, a bit slow paced (it's about two hours long) and full of death, offscreen sex and drama. I enjoyed it and I look forward to watching more westerns now. If you wanna see people hanged, complete with them putting black hooded masks over the soon-to-be-executed's faces, and thick ropes tied around their necks, this is the movie for you. Lynchmob lovers, look no further. I found it all rather sad and depressing, but at least it's only a movie, although it's terrible when you think about how this kind of stuff actually happened. If you like movies about the law and crime and punishment, this film is for you, too. Also, Clint Eastwood is quite cute and he gives one hell of a mean, serious look a lot of times. He doesn't have a very intimidating voice, though. It should be deeper.
(directed by Ted Post, 1968)
I thought it was high time to watch and review something different for a change. Westerns have never been my area, but the other day I decided to buy Hang 'Em High on Blu-ray, which looked great most of the time. I haven't seen much of Clint Eastwood or much of westerns for that matter. I was disappointed that Hang 'Em High couldn't be crossed off of the MoFo Westerns movie list -- I think I'm only at 2% on that. I also found nothing about this movie while searching MoFo, so I thought I would bring it to your attention.
Hang 'Em High finds Jed Cooper (Clint Eastwood) in Oklahoma, late 19th century, with revenge on his mind -- at the beginning of the film, he's LYNCHED!, and didn't deserve it. But he survives and he survives with revenge on his mind. He is taken to a town called Fort Grant and given a job by Commissioner Gordon (Pat Hingle) as a marshal, and then he sets off on his horsey looking for the men who did him wrong. Along the way he catches some young guys accused of murder and he ends up taking them back to Fort Grant, where they will be hung in a sadistic community lynching, complete with singing and hot dog vendors.
Meanwhile, there's also a romance going on between Jed Cooper and a pretty blonde woman called Rachel Warren (Inger Stevens). Jed even gets plenty of rest and sexy action at the town brothel, where a red headed bimbette nurses him back to health, along with Rachel, who is a traumatized woman that needs men to go slow and gentle with her.
Overall, this is a revenge flick, a bit slow paced (it's about two hours long) and full of death, offscreen sex and drama. I enjoyed it and I look forward to watching more westerns now. If you wanna see people hanged, complete with them putting black hooded masks over the soon-to-be-executed's faces, and thick ropes tied around their necks, this is the movie for you. Lynchmob lovers, look no further. I found it all rather sad and depressing, but at least it's only a movie, although it's terrible when you think about how this kind of stuff actually happened. If you like movies about the law and crime and punishment, this film is for you, too. Also, Clint Eastwood is quite cute and he gives one hell of a mean, serious look a lot of times. He doesn't have a very intimidating voice, though. It should be deeper.