MGM
Directed by Sam Peckinpah
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, MGM)
Steve McQueen is an aging rodeo star who returns to his home town for the big Frontier Days show. His dad is in the hospital, busted up after drinking and driving, and his brother is selling his soul for real estate development, threatening to take mom along with him. The family melodrama takes place against the backdrop of the real Prescott, Arizona. There is a lengthy and poorly staged bar fight, some dancing to bad country music and lots and lots of slow motion shots of cowboys at the rodeo. Despite the occasional Peckinpah flourish, this is practically a documentary. What it really lacks, though, is a compelling story.
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