Review of Silverado (1985) by Mickey M — 19 May 2008

Four cowboys come together from different walks of life, and ends up in the town of "Silverado", where come together to battle a corrupt sheriff (Brian Dennehy) and an equally corrupt rancher who takes over the family land of one of them.

If you are a fan of the old Westerns, you will notice that just about everything seen in them is in this movie. You get the corrupt sheriff, about two jail breaks, a few bar room brawls, shootouts, ambushes and just about every other cliche you can think of.

I would suggest that, if at all possible, you watch this movie in letterbox format. There is a lot of scenery in this film that looks pretty good full-screen (the version I saw was formatted to fit the screen), but would look even better if you can see the whole picture.

This is a real star-studded movie. This film tries to give camera time to every major actor in this, but many are not in major roles and aren't seen much. Many of the stars should have been in the film more if you ask me.

Another problem with this movie is that it's slow. If you ask me, there was a lot of scenes that seemed to drag on a bit too long. I, at times, started to only listen to the movie while looking at my computer.

I also found that many of the performances were a bit weak, as was the script. Many times, the performances appeared to me to be a little weak. I also found that many of the characters weren't well developed as they could have.

One thing I liked was the look of the Old West towns, and the wardrobes. A lot of the clothing worn by the men looks like it's collected a lot of dust. The clothing on the women also looks pretty authentic for the time the movie takes place in.

There is a lot of gun play in this movie, which you would expect. But the blood is kept pretty much to a minimum. You won't see any blood exploding from a gunshot wound anywhere in this movie. If somebody is a victim of a gunshot to the head, you won't see any blood flying from the wound. But, you will see blood coming from chest wounds, but it mostly stains the shirt the person shot is wearing. A knife comes into play at one point or another, but they seemed to have forgotten that these wounds also cause blood to come from the body.

There is some mild language in this film. The worst being the N-word, which is only heard once in the entire movie despite a couple of African-Americans being the victim in this film.

This movie is worth seeing only once, if you ask me. I can't say that you should put this on your "Must See" list. However, it is worth a look at if you come across this on television.