The Wrangler

Excellent film; visually stunning and great acting, story.
This film (theatrical release 1988, video release date April 1999) will prove to be a favorite of Jeff Fahey fans, and general movie-goers alike. It was filmed in Australia, and is visually stunning. Story revolves around a teenage girl's life and the people and situations she encounters in turn of the century Australia. Her character, Alice May Richards (played by Tushka Bergen) grows up on a horse ranch; has to deal with the farm going bankrupt, her father's death, getting shipped off to the city away from the life and horses she loves. Meanwhile she meets Ben Creed (Jeff Fahey) a dashing, hardworking broker, who falls for her, but her attentions are focused on a macho and less interesting horseman on her ranch...I won't spoil it for you, but this movie is highly interesting for character development and the twists and turns of the plot. This was probably a huge hit in Australia...I have purchased this video a total of seven times for gifts since I originally viewed...

Good modern Western
The story takes place in Australia and it revolves around a rich rancher who trades horses but is now in financial debt. Add in a neghbouring bad rich rancher who wants to take over his settlement and you've got a story. Long story short is that the good rancher dies and his daughter played by Tushka Bergen is left with his property/problem. In comes Ben Creed played by Jeff Fahey to help out Alice and the battle for the ranch begins.

The movie itself is pretty good but I was disspointed with this DVD release. The movie is presented in Fullscreen format but near the end it switches to Widescreen for the last few minutes. What the hell? Also, the sound dissapeares for a brief second at one point. The picture quality is acceptable so other than those two annoyances its a solid DVD, the price is good too.

Wrangler - a fansintating story
Dear reader, allow me to say that I am a huge fan of the western genre, and this film seemed attracting to me (mainly by the awesome cover art.) I was at my best friend's house when we saw this and as the film progressed I was really impressed by the films character development, the acting performances, the politics of the day and the love triangle was so well told that it kept my best friend's attention and my mine. Now the film does is slow passed and might bore some people, but that all aside it is a fun film to watch. But again if your looking for a shoot em up don't bother. To conclude I will say this, I do recommend it. It is well done for a TV show that aired in the 80s. It's really too bad that today we do not have any western TV shows.

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