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Rating:  -
This is a two star stinker. We were promised hilarity, and all we got was smirking, a very thin story, and excessive length. Either a film is a put-on or not, and this movie could not quite make up its mind. The comedy bits fall extremely flat, and the violence is just plain nasty, as is some of the language. In short, a complete waste of time that does nothing for the reputation of Gibson and Foster.
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I love this movie but was a little disapointed because the movie had finger prints all over it and it was a little scratched. The DVD was labeled as "like new".
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Two gamblers, one lawman, one high stakes poker tournament, and a raft of complications.
Hilarity ensues.
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I recently saw the movie Maverick again, after not having viewed it for some time. I was reminded how delightful the enterprise was--and enjoyed again the boffo ending.
In the movie, Mel Gibson plays Brett Maverick (the role essayed on television so many years ago by James Garner); James Garner plays Sheriff Zane Cooper; Jodie Foster does a nice turn as Annabelle Bransford, a larcenous gambler; Graham Graham overacts to excess, playing a Native American leader; James Coburn is Commodore Duvall, the man who organizes an "All-Star" high stakes poker match on his riverboat.
The plot has Maverick trying to acquire the money needed to enter the poker game. In his wanderings, he runs across Mrs. Bransford, Angel (played by Alfred Molina), and others. The poker game itself is fun for older viewers. We see some of the following characters from an earlier era of television: Doug McClure (who starred in one of those great Westerns from the 1950s and early 1960s), Paul Brinegar, Denver Pyle, Dan Hedaya, and so on.
It's a lot of fun, with some over the top scenes (e.g., the segment focusing on Native Americans) diminishing the whole. However, Gibson does a solid job as Maverick; Garner is his usual dependable self as an actor; Foster plays her role well; Coburn's character is well drawn.
All in all, worth giving another view if you have seen it before and worth a first look if not.
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fun time in the old west. Gibson is fine as Maverick. Great to see James Garner in a western setting again.
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