Red Sun (1971) Review With Clip!
June 26th 2010 20:40
This movie had four of the biggest stars in the world, whoever casted this movie must have had some rolidex,
Here in the States, Father's day was this past weekend and I headed over to my father's place with my two brothers with some baby swiss and trail bologna and spent some time with him I realize much of my eccentricity comes from my father, while he's a bit more a practical guy, I realized just recently my love of movies was garnered mainly from him. My father loves westerns and classic adventure films, especially the Tarzan films (He preferred Johnny Weissmuller over Buster Crabbe and I gotta agree with him). Watching films with my Dad was always fun, he knew things about what happened behind the scenes, and while he's not nearly as obsessive as I am about knowing the story behind movies his little factoids about moves he liked always seemed to make a movie more fun to watch.
The movie was dismissed by many as just another spaghetti western, (Even though it was filmed in Spain, not Italy) but it was unique among the thousands of others of westerns released in the 60's and 70's it was sadly overlooked. Seeing one of the Magnificent Seven onscreen with one of the Seven Samurai was a real thrill to be sure, and both of their actors brought their a-game to this picture. The movie had thrilling action scenes, one involving Mifune fighting off a host of indians in a burning prairie, with Bronson by his side with six-shooters blazing. Even writing about this stunning scene, with the roaring flames and two film legends at their best gives me goosebumps. From engaging beginning, to it's bittersweet surprise ending, “Red Sun” will keep you entertained.
I remember as my Father watched Toshiro Mifune fighting off an indian with a spear, he leaned forward with a smile and said “This is probably more what a Samurai is used to, Hand on hand,” I know how odd this sounds, but I never felt closer to my Father than in that moment, I guess it's the small stuff that matters most. He loves westerns, I like martial arts, and we were blessed with movie we could share. This movie is a unique bit of film history, but considered a novelty at best by the critics, and usually disregarded. However if you value novelty as much as I do, you won't want to miss “Red Sun”.
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