Two Mules for Sister Sara

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Blu B A Western Classic. What a strange name for such a quirky little western. The plot is almost screwball like on paper. This is a western, action, adventure, comedy sort of hybrid that works pretty well actually. It's really well made all around with the two leads having great chemistry and an awesome action packed ending. If there's one thing I can fualt is that it take quite a while to set up the plot after the two of them meet and save each others lives. It never really builds tension and the climax feels VERY late at the end but they do make it count. During that time it does slow down and gets just a bit boring with all the fetch stuff but it makes sense and is smart with how it sets things up witha great payoff. But again it does takes quite a while. Anyone who is a fan of the director, any actors in this, westerns, quirky comedies, or adventures should check this out. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/25 Full Review Mary S Entertaining pair of actors. Good camera shots of Shirley's face. Unbelievable removal of arrow. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/22/24 Full Review Audience Member Well worth the watch here even got some comedy in it highly recommend it James Welch, Henderson, Arkansas July 19, 2023 Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/20/23 Full Review Federico T This Sergio Leone influenced western, well directed by Don Siegel, relies its best qualities on resuming some Old Hollywood plot solutions, as in this case is pairing apparently opposite types of protagonists in the adventure conduct, melting action and love genres in a fictional world where every cliché is welcomed and logic must step back on the behalf of the story. Clint Eastwood portrays again the tough stranger from nowhere but he waters down his interpretation in order to serve the plot purposes, even though he subtly suggests there's much more darker and wilder under the character's surface, thus anticipating the work Eastwood and Siegel will accomplish for their next movie together, "The beguiled", that's creating a pitilessly realistic antihero ravaged by his impulses and deliberately depicted in all his weaknesses to the point of finding in himself his own villain. In fact the adventurer is guided to an essentially suicidal mission (fighting an entire French soldiers fort) more by his sexual infatuation than by the prospective to gain a not so well explained treasure about which he is rushly informed by the nun herself, an information that normally he should have taken as a bait. The Shirley MacLaine's character also has the same underground dangerousness connotations and we should have figured out more by that heavy make up despite the vestment. As the story events have not a very strong point and by that engage very little the viewer, the final storming of the French fort is a badly needed climax, bearing in mind that an extreme display of violence has been the solution to the western formula crisis particularly by the end of the sixties (above all, the same kind of chaotic bloodbath in "The Wild Bunch"'s final act, just a year prior this movie). The Ennio Morricone's soundtrack fits perfectly the balance of comedy and estrangement in this tale of disguise and light hearted double-cross mischief. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/05/23 Full Review Dave S Clint Eastwood plays Hogan, a lonely drifter (if you can imagine that) and hired gun on a mission to assist the Mexicans resist colonization by the French. When he stumbles across a group of men assaulting a nun (Shirley MacLaine), he puts his considerable skills to use in an effort to save her, inadvertently finding himself with a travelling partner. Eastwood, as always, does his thing in playing the squinty-eyed gunslinger, but the movie really belongs to MacLaine, who is absolutely fantastic as the enigmatic nun. The chemistry between the two feels real and while Two Mules for Sister Sara may not be the most memorable Western ever made, it is nothing if not an enjoyable little romp through some beautiful scenery. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/28/23 Full Review Ed M I love Clint Eastwood. I love Don Siegel. But this is slow and dated. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/03/22 Full Review Read all reviews

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