Thursday, January 02, 2020

Warpath (1951)

A former army official is on a mission to avenge the death of his fiancée by some bank robbers fleeing the scence of their crime. When he hears that one of the robbers has joined the Cavalry, he reenlists.

*mild spoilers below*
Moderately entertaining Western, with a reasonably well-woven plot and some tension. The most interesting thing of the movie is that a very intelligent plot point is entirely wasted, and seems to happen by coincidence. The protagonist, at a certain point of the narrative, leads a wagon train through a Sioux camp, and the wagon master shoots a Sioux child. This makes the position of the protagonist become similar to that of his offenders, since all are now respectively responsible for one death.

Rating: 41

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