*** This review may contain spoilers ***
*Plot and ending analyzed*
Two Faces of the Dollar (1967)
Well, at least there is a really good introductory musical theme in the movie. They use it throughout the movie and it is nice to hear. Unfortunately, that is the only thing that is of any interest.
Some annoying "genius" who has been mining dirt, and is the laughingstock of the town (this plays into his plan later), hatches some harebrained idea that he can pull off a robbery of gold in some United States Army fort. Yeah right. He gets a few other miserable people to help him out, and it all works perfectly. They all just waltz into the fort quite easily. Implausible scenes ahead. Apparently the army troops are the most incompetent around. Then the "genius" double-crosses the woman who had helped them. And later, everyone double-crosses each other, but then start working together to save the woman, who was double-crossed earlier, and was captured by bandits. They kill the group of bandits, who were hired by a soldier at the fort who learned of the robbery, and quite easily. Then they double-cross each other again in one of the most ridiculous endings ever. You will be scratching your head during the last thirty minutes, tired of the excessive use of the "double-cross" scenario.
This could have been a decent movie if the writers stuck to some consistency, and made it a regular heist Western. But it is just a complete waste of time with all the additional nonsense added. All the characters are absolutely vile and unlikeable as well, and that doesn't help either.
Grade: D.
*Plot and ending analyzed*
Two Faces of the Dollar (1967)
Well, at least there is a really good introductory musical theme in the movie. They use it throughout the movie and it is nice to hear. Unfortunately, that is the only thing that is of any interest.
Some annoying "genius" who has been mining dirt, and is the laughingstock of the town (this plays into his plan later), hatches some harebrained idea that he can pull off a robbery of gold in some United States Army fort. Yeah right. He gets a few other miserable people to help him out, and it all works perfectly. They all just waltz into the fort quite easily. Implausible scenes ahead. Apparently the army troops are the most incompetent around. Then the "genius" double-crosses the woman who had helped them. And later, everyone double-crosses each other, but then start working together to save the woman, who was double-crossed earlier, and was captured by bandits. They kill the group of bandits, who were hired by a soldier at the fort who learned of the robbery, and quite easily. Then they double-cross each other again in one of the most ridiculous endings ever. You will be scratching your head during the last thirty minutes, tired of the excessive use of the "double-cross" scenario.
This could have been a decent movie if the writers stuck to some consistency, and made it a regular heist Western. But it is just a complete waste of time with all the additional nonsense added. All the characters are absolutely vile and unlikeable as well, and that doesn't help either.
Grade: D.