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Fine acting, wonderful dialogue, and stirring action scenes. Eastwood, Bottoms, and Chief Dan George are unforgettable, and the plot is archetypical without being formulaic. I've seen all the classics from Stagecoach to Unforgiven, and in my opinion this is the best Western ever made.

A surprisingly good actioner in which mercenaries hired to attack a tropical island go native and defend it instead. Seasoned character actors play most of the important roles, and they make Dolph Lundgren look bad in the lead, but the fine supporting cast and John Sayles's clever but unpretentious script more than make up for this. B.D. Wong's sharp performance as a cagey native is a triumph of acting, especially the way he overcomes the "Tarzan/Jane" dialect he has to use, is one of the show's many unexpected highlights.

This is the scariest vampire flick I've ever seen, and easily in the top five of scariest movies, period, I've ever seen. Stylish direction from the underrated Kathryn Bigelow (no relation to me) and wonderful acting from several of the James Cameron Travelling Players (including Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, and Jenette Goldstein) maximize the value of a clever script. A near perfect film.