(1976) Joshua
WESTERN
Do you want to see many scenes of pointless minutes of people riding their horses, then this film is for you. Story provided by it's star by the name of Fred Williamson, who solidified his mark when he starred in those "Shaft" films plays Joshua- hence the title ,returns home from serving the union cavalry only to be driven for revenge after five outlaws killed his dear old mother. And the timing couldn't even been more perfect as a small group of law makers, also come back to inform the only witness living that they had just decided to give up on their chase for some convoluted reason, so Joshua decides to take it upon himself to go after them himself. If there was any reason I would "want" to like this movie, it would've been the inventive ways each of these outlaws get killed without resorting to using a gun, but although it succeeds to do that- it's also convoluted at the same time and it is for that reason it's hard to accept this as an involving film. For instance, on one scene, Joshua succeeds into spearing a wooden spear onto one of the "wanted" outlaws on the neck, then almost immediately on the next scene he's unable to find and locate them, and they're not traveling anymore faster than they had last left. What this film does, is it defies logic and science, and the person to be blamed for that is the director Larry G. Spangler. I mean, how did it come about that Joshua also had jurisdiction about the girl that the wanted outlaws had kidnapped and assaulted decide on her fate. The movie never answers leaving viewers with more questions that can't be answered.
Do you want to see many scenes of pointless minutes of people riding their horses, then this film is for you. Story provided by it's star by the name of Fred Williamson, who solidified his mark when he starred in those "Shaft" films plays Joshua- hence the title ,returns home from serving the union cavalry only to be driven for revenge after five outlaws killed his dear old mother. And the timing couldn't even been more perfect as a small group of law makers, also come back to inform the only witness living that they had just decided to give up on their chase for some convoluted reason, so Joshua decides to take it upon himself to go after them himself. If there was any reason I would "want" to like this movie, it would've been the inventive ways each of these outlaws get killed without resorting to using a gun, but although it succeeds to do that- it's also convoluted at the same time and it is for that reason it's hard to accept this as an involving film. For instance, on one scene, Joshua succeeds into spearing a wooden spear onto one of the "wanted" outlaws on the neck, then almost immediately on the next scene he's unable to find and locate them, and they're not traveling anymore faster than they had last left. What this film does, is it defies logic and science, and the person to be blamed for that is the director Larry G. Spangler. I mean, how did it come about that Joshua also had jurisdiction about the girl that the wanted outlaws had kidnapped and assaulted decide on her fate. The movie never answers leaving viewers with more questions that can't be answered.