The Return of a Man Called Horse

And invariably with an overlong and slow movie we say hello to Mr Boredom. You know something isn't right when you're skipping ahead but still haven't really missed anything.

I love the original 'Man Called Horse' and i've seen it many times over the years. It's a good, solid western that's well cast, acted and directed.

Unfortunately the sequel couldn't exist by itself because it has very little additional value to bring to the overall story. Instead it's content to repeat big chunks of the original and really labours towards the climactic confrontation which is essentially the crux of this picture. The whole 'plot' becomes very obvious very quickly.

The soundtrack is also unfittingly over-orchestrated and austentatious, not sitting well with what's happening on the screen.

On the positive side, it does have Geoffrey Lewis, stalwart of many better westerns, although that's not enough to make this a remotely good film.

If you were to re-watch the original and just pretend this doesn't exist, you really wouldn't be missing anything.