Review of Hang 'em High (1968) by Danny O — 24 May 2015
Hang 'Em High is a pretty good western film. Eastwood and the rest of the crew do a good job, and the story is pretty fun. The movie is a revenge film, but does have some nice moments of depth. Eastwood is the typical gun slinging do gooder who always manages to survive these shootouts.
His quest and motives are simple yet effective. The story has a great opening and for the next 45 minutes or so it was very good. It suffers from feeling like the Man With No Name trilogy want a be, being Eastwood's first western since then and all.
It doesn't do enough to be as memorable as you'd like it to be, virtually every aspect of it was done better in those original films. There is an added romantic subplot that goes absolutely nowhere and strays from the main focus of the story.
There are too many subplots as well. This is a fine western with some good shootouts and a simple story, it is well made yet not entirely memorable. Hang 'Em High gets 3/5 stars (B-).
This review of Hang 'em High (1968) was written by Danny O on 24 May 2015.
Hang 'em High has generally received positive reviews.
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