STAGECOACH: THE TEXAS JACK STORY, which seems to have
gone straight to DVD, is about as cheaply made a Western as you'll ever see. The
gunshots sound more like cap pistols, and all the different stagecoaches are
pulled by the same pair of horses. The less said about the wig worn by one of the
characters, the better. And it has that undeniable "shot in Canada"
look that too many Westerns do these days.
That said, I found the movie pretty entertaining. Country music star Trace Adkins plays the title character, a reformed outlaw whose efforts to go straight and build a life for himself and his new wife are ruined by a crazed ex-marshal and a vicious female bounty hunter. An almost unrecognizable Judd Nelson plays another outlaw. Those are probably the only two people in the cast you've ever heard of. There's plenty of action, some good lines of dialogue here and there, and Adkins has a great voice and screen presence. Adjust your expectations accordingly, and STAGECOACH: THE TEXAS JACK STORY is worth watching for die-hard Western fans like me.
That said, I found the movie pretty entertaining. Country music star Trace Adkins plays the title character, a reformed outlaw whose efforts to go straight and build a life for himself and his new wife are ruined by a crazed ex-marshal and a vicious female bounty hunter. An almost unrecognizable Judd Nelson plays another outlaw. Those are probably the only two people in the cast you've ever heard of. There's plenty of action, some good lines of dialogue here and there, and Adkins has a great voice and screen presence. Adjust your expectations accordingly, and STAGECOACH: THE TEXAS JACK STORY is worth watching for die-hard Western fans like me.
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