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Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780766200388 Format: Color, NTSC ISBN: 0766200388 Label: Good Times Home Video Languages: Manufacturer: Good Times Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Good Times Home Video Release Date: November 23, 1999 Studio: Good Times Home Video Theatrical Release Date: October 18, 1972 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Robert Aldrich pulls no punches in his unrelentingly brutal story of a reign of terror perpetrated on Arizona settlers by a bitter Apache warrior and the cavalry's frustrated attempts to stop him. Burt Lancaster, a longtime Aldrich collaborator and star of the similar 1954 Western Apache, brings his laconic, quietly authoritative presence to the role of McIntosh, a blunt-speaking, introspective old army scout with more respect than hate for his enemy. A very young Bruce Davison is the green-as-a-sapling Lieutenant DeBuin, fresh from West Point and filled with Christian ideals, thrown into the field against the vicious, tactically brilliant Ulzana. DeBuin is shocked and appalled at Ulzana's brutality--torturing male homesteaders to death, raping the women, leaving a trail of mutilated corpses--and as he struggles to understand Ulzana his values of Christian charity soon melt into racist hatred. Ulzana's tactics were familiar to Americans in 1972 who followed the war in Vietnam and the guerrilla attacks of the Vietcong. Like The Wild Bunch before it, Ulzana's Raid removes the sentimentality of Western ideals in its harsh portrayal of the violent world, though unlike Sam Peckinpah, Aldrich leaves the violence off-screen and allows the audience to see only the horrific aftermath. (These scenes are often graphic and not recommended for the squeamish.) It's a disturbing and powerful film, where the concept of good guys and bad guys becomes meaningless and the battle between cultures ultimately comes down to survival in a harsh world. --Sean Axmaker Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Ulzana's RaidFans of "Valdez is Coming" should defintitely enjoy it. The two movies were made in the same timeline and Burt Lancaster did a fine performance in each. In this story once again he plays a similar role as a tracker. This time tracking an Apache leaving a path of destruction. I highly recommend this movie, but I highly recommend you don't pay the outrageous sellers that should not be allowed by Amazon to sell for $75 to $339. Eventually this will be made available on DVD again for a reasonable price. ... Read More Rating: - An examination of Christian morality in the Old WestThe accomplished Burt Lancaster plays gruff and experienced Army scout McIntosh in the visually stunning "Ulzana's Raid", filmed on location in Arizona and Nevada. Lancaster is accompanying, pivotal character in the movie Lt. DeBuin played by a youthful Bruce Davison. Davison, a green, naive newly commissioned junior officer is leading a troop of cavalry soldiers in search of Apache chief Ulzana. Ulzana and a band of renegade braves have broken out of the reservation and are marauding ... Read More Rating:  - Bleak Narration of a Rough Chase.Robert Aldrich is a well known film director with more than 30 titles in his account. Many are great "hits" as "The Dirty Dozen" (1967) and "What ever happened to Baby Jane?" (1962) and some are standard stuff. Apaches and the Wild West figure more than once in his filmography as "Apache" (1954) and "Vera Cruz" (1954). When he directed this movie he was almost ending his career and felt free to take some risks. This film is risky and gives a stern look to Apache and White Men confrontation. ... Read More Rating: - Over Priced DVDI have the VHS of this movie. I would rate the movie as outstanding. I have waited for the DVD to come out but in my opinion it way over priced and people like me who are retired and on a fixed income cannot afford to pay the price you ask. If it comes down, a lot, I will save up my money and purchase this DVD. Rating: - Smashing performances and cult film...No excuse to do not see the best ever film about raiding apaches on the loose... the scout (masterfully played by Burt Lancaster), the green lieutenant of US Cavalry... the way of living and dying in the Southwest... gritty and nasty but TRUE TO LIFE. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED (the long version of course)!!! ADB PS: OK, for European readers... the UK version has been badly edited by some idiot who thought killing defenseless horses is inappropriate and not politically correct... ... Read More |
