Lawman

Pros: Burt Lancaster, great story line, action scenes

Cons: ?

The Bottom Line: I love this movie and would recommend it to anyone.

Review: Throughout my life I have been raised watching westerns. Being only 18, this does not fit the mold of my generation. However, early on in life my dad brought me to love these movies. Recently, my dad and I were trying to decide on a good one to watch. ...

Pros: Cast; cinematography; story

Cons: Not a typical good guys/bad guys story; may not appeal to fans of that style

The Bottom Line: Fine cast, a complex story, and fine photography make LAWMAN a minor western masterpiece

Review: LAWMAN, released in 1971, must rank as one of the most underrated westerns of all times. This is a film that might seem a trifle old-fashioned at first, but it grows into a fascinating psycholgical western, both in the Sam Peckinpah/Sergio Leone...

Pros: Burt Lancaster, ensemble cast, story, score,

Cons: More people should see this film!

The Bottom Line: Burt Lancaster was an actor who wasn't afraid to take chances in the roles he chose. Watch some of his later work and you'll be pleasingly surprised!

Review: “A man has to be what he is. You can’t break the mold.” Shane This review is dedicated to Stephen_Murray, my fellow film reviewer, who seems to like action films as much as I do. Burt Lancaster plays a single-minded ...

Pros: Suspenseful, Acting

Cons: Stock characters, Violent ending

The Bottom Line: Violent, character driven, western, unworthy of classic status

Review: Following on the heels of the successful spaghetti western era, Englishman Michael Winter's tense, bloody, 1971 western, Lawman, combines many of the elements of that genre, with the story of an uncompromising lawman, seeking justice at all costs. ...