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 Barnes & Noble Easily the most satisfying big-screen adventure film to star episodic-TV favorite Tom Selleck, Quigley Down Under rates kudos for its clever juxtaposition of horse-opera conventions and archetypes with an exquisite location and an unfamiliar but recognizable culture. Selleck plays a sharp-shooting westerner -- clad in typical cowboy regalia -- who travels to 19th-century Australia in response to an ad from British land baron Alan Rickman. The Yank, horrified to learn that hes been engaged to kill Aborigines as part of Rickmans campaign of native genocide, refuses his commission and thus becomes the target of the ruthless ranchers vendetta. Laura San Giacomo (who herself achieved small-screen stardom in the decade following this movies production) is hardly a typical ingénue -- a trollop who is believed to be insane, she repeatedly confuses Selleck for a former lover. Wringing the rugged Australian landscape for every drop of pictorial splendor, director Simon Wincer (The Phantom) also exhibits a keen understanding of the morality-play elements that comprise classic movie westerns. His action scenes are vigorous and flamboyant, and his characters display markedly individualistic traits while behaving within the genres long-prescribed limits. Exciting, picturesque, and occasionally very funny, Quigley Down Under will guarantee you a rip-roarin good time. The DVD is augmented by a featurette, "Rebirth of a Western," in addition to the theatrical trailer. Ed Hulse Interested in the song lyrics? - Check out themostlyrics.com! Looking For A DVD? - Check out dvd-a-rama.com! |
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