Villa Rides (1. 96. IMDb"Villa Rides" says in the opening credits that it is a tribute to Pancho Villa.

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Directed by Bruce Beresford. With Antonio Banderas, Eion Bailey, Alan Arkin, Jim Broadbent. Watch Eddie And The Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! Streaming there. Watch The Final Countdown Online Fandango. Hollywood makes a deal with Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa to film his. Thomas Edwin Mix (born Thomas Hezikiah Mix; January 6, 1880 – October 12, 1940) was an American film actor and the star of many early Western movies between 1909. The Golden Age of Mexican cinema (in Spanish Época de Oro del Cine Mexicano) is a period in the history of the Cinema of Mexico between 19 when the.

And, as presented, the film is indeed a tribute in which it paints the former Mexican bandit in pretty colors. We should remember that the Mexican revolutionary had attacked an American town, Columbus, New Mexico. So, the U. S. government sent our own Gen. John J. Pershing into Mexico to hunt down and capture or kill Francisco "Pancho" Villa. His pursuit lasted from March 1. February 1. 91. 7.

Pershing was recalled when WW I broke out. Of course, none of this is mentioned in this film. So, remembering that Hollywood often glosses over history – even rewrites it at times, viewers should always take films like this with a grain of salt – as to their accuracy and truth. Of course, their enjoyment as entertainment is aside from that. Watch The Suffering Online Mic. Now, to counter that aspect, we should also remember that Villa was a real folk hero among the people.

He was a Mexican "Robin Hood," who stole from the rich and gave to the poor. He wasn't out for power himself, but was a genuine revolutionary for the freedom of the people.

We should also remember that it was after 1. Mexico began to oppress the church and religion. Recent Mexican President Vicente Fox acknowledged and lamented the previous tyrannical governments. After 1. 91. 7, Mexico outlawed religion, killed priests, confiscated and closed churches, and desecrated altars. Not until 1. 99. 2 did this situation begin to change. Can it be any wonder why so many Mexicans would flee their country and want to live in the U. S. in the 2. 0th century?

Besides the economic hardships, the people were terribly persecuted and denied their basic rights. Now for this film. It has a nice plot with some good action. The cast, for the most part, are quite good. Yul Bryner is very good as Pancho, although I suspect he is quite sanitized.

Charles Bronson is very good as Fierro. Some other main characters are all quite good – Fernando Rey as Fuentes, Alexander Knox as Madero, and Herbert Lom as General Huerta. You'll notice I've saved Robert Mitchum until last. His role just doesn't fit as he portrays it. We need the character for the plot, but Mitchum just does not seem to play him right. He seems way too nonchalant.

The script, or directing, or acting, or all three needed a major rework there to make his character much more believable. It put a sort of pale of humor over the story, and I don't think it really should be humorous. Not when we see families distraught over the hanging of many of their fathers, husbands and sons by the government army. And, I've never thought it funny when women are raped.

So, I'll give this 7 stars for the action, the story and the roles of Bryner, Bronson and some others. Back to that opening credit on the film – I'm sure that Paramount didn't mean to imply that Hollywood welcomes foreign governments to attack towns in the U. S. Or that it will honor them for doing so. But, wait a minute.

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