Thursday, January 18, 2007

The Massacre (1913)

Synopsis (with spoilers): A woman has two suitors; one of them is a scout for the army, the other is a more urban character; she chooses the urban one. The scout rejoins the army and on a certain day decides to go with some friends and massacre a Native American village. Meanwhile, Mr. and Mrs. Urbanite decide to go West, and when they must go through dangerous territory they go with a military escort; guess who is with the escort as a scout? You guessed it, it's the rejected suitor. Well, things are going fine until some survivors of the earlier massacre decide to take revenge upon the white men and attack the caravan. During the attack, Mr. Urbanite is away, as he had to attend to some business on a military base nearby. Another scout (or is it the same one?) goes to him and warns him that his wife and child (did I mention they have a lovely baby?) are in terrible danger, so he rushes back to join them. The gunfight at the site of the attack is non-stop, and everybody dies, except the woman and her baby, who were shielded by the brave men, and the husband, because he was away. So, I guess it was a happy ending, right?
P.S.: this is my second viewing of this film; my first viewing was on January 19, 2006.

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