Saturday, August 05, 2006

Movie Review - Ride In The Whirlwind

Ride In The Whirlwind (1965)
directed by Monte Hellman
rating: 4 out of 5 cravats
on VHS from As Seen On TV

It should be no surprise to any of you that this three-star western earned its fourth cravat in Millie Perkins' sideways glance at Jack Nicholson. If the attraction in Hellman's existential method is what's left unsaid, "Ride In The Whirlwind" is as full of romance, violence, and myth as anything by Peckinpah. What you see is a single, succinct storyline, told in 82 minutes, full of implications.