Amazon.com video review:
Tom Selleck plays Matthew Quigley, the cowboy hero in this
traditional Western, set very untraditionally in Australia. After some
macho silliness in the opening minutes, the story settles into a
surprisingly evocative tale of Quigley, a sharpshooter who had come to
the country to work for a land baron (Alan Rickman) and who is on the
mend after a brutal attack. In the company of a woman (Laura San
Giacomo) abused by that same baron, Quigley gets his strength and his
shooting skills back while healing in the midst of aboriginal people
as well as some stunning Australian settings. Director Simon Wincer
(Phar Lap)
brings a lot of integrity to this rare horse opera from contemporary
Hollywood. --Tom Keogh
