Review of Mackenna's Gold (1969) by Matthew C — 14 Aug 2010

Some great adventure and a cool cast help gloss over a dull script that takes forever to get anywhere. Awesome character actors drop by to increase screen time and add little to the plot. Peck and Sharif are good leads, and Julie Newmar has never been more fetching.

There are some really cool sequences, but there are also some really awful uses of blue screen. I think if it had been about a half hour shorter, it could have been very watchable fun, but as it stands, it's just too long for its own good.

The finale, when it finally arrives, is quite good.