Rio Lobo

Hello, today I feel like reviewing a western. By the way before I start I want to tell you something weird  about this. On the DVD disk I rented, it says the rating is G, but right next to that is a stamp that says PG and the DVD cover also said PG. But when I was looking for the poster online it said for mature audiences. So really I have no idea what this movie is rated. But enough rambling time to start.

 The movie starts in The Civil War. We see a bunch of gold being transported by Lt. Ned Forsythe (Peter Jason) and some other soldiers to Col. Cord McNally (John Wayne). But the train is ambushed by Confederate Soldiers lead by Capt. Pierre Cordona (Jorge Rivero) and Sgt. Tuscarora Phillips (Christopher Mitchum). They set a trap involving grease, hornets, and rope. The Confederates steal the gold and go their separate ways. Cord chases after them and gets captured. Cord realizes that the reason the ambush was successful is because a traitor sold The Confederates the information. Pierre has a plan using Cord as bait but it back fires and ends up getting him and Tuscarora captured.

When the war is over Cord visits them as they are being released. Cord asks them who sold the information. They say they don't know the name so they describe them. One was a tall man with dark hair; the other is a smaller man with pale skin and white hair. Cord returns to his home in Blackthorne Texas. He talks to the sheriff Pat (Bill Williams). But then a woman named Shasta Delaney (Jennifer O,Niel) reports a murder in the town of Rio Lobo. But Pat says there is nothing he can do. Later several people from Rio Lobo com into town. The leader named Whitey Carter (Roger Donner) says that he wants to arrest Shasta. But Shasta says that he is the murderer. There is a shootout and Cord, Pierre, and Shasta defeat the gang. Pierre tells Cord that Whitey is one of the men that sold him the information. So Cord, Pierre, and Shasta set out to Rio Lobo. When they get there they stay with Pierre's friend Maria Carmen (Susana Dosamantes). Meanwhile the corrupt Sheriff Tom Hendricks (Mike Henry) and his right hand man Ketchup Ketcham (Victor French) arrest Tuscarora for no reason and are going to kill him if he doesn't give him the deed to his father's farm. So Cord comes up with a plan.


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Cord get's help from Maria,s friend Amelina (Sherry Lansing) and Tuscarora's father Phillips (Jack Elam). They make it out to Phillips' ranch and they hatch a plan. They hold Ketchup Ketcham hostage so they can trade him for Tuscarora. They capture Ketchup Ketcham who Pierre recognizes as the other man who sold him the information. The next day after holding Ketcham hostage in the jail,they decide to trade Tuscarora and Ketcham. But when Sheriff Hendricks finds out that Ketchup Ketcham already singed all the deeds, Hendricks double crosses him. Amelina defeats Hendricks with the help of Cord. The End.


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This movie is pretty good. The train robbery at the beginning is cool and the shootouts are fun to watch. Also the character of Phillips is really funny. But when it's not exciting or funny it does get really boring. I also feel that some of the characters like Amelina are underdeveloped. Overall it's not John Wayne or Howard Hawks best film but it is still very enjoyable.

THE BIKE OF THE FUTURE

By the way my bother drew this cartoon.