Charro

Best Elvis Movie 2003-05-06 This was one of the best Elvis movies ever made! It is alot of fun for the whole family. It will have you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. If you like this movie also try Flaming Star! It is a very heart touching story showing the hard ships of Native Americans and Settlers.

Not your normal Elvis picture, that's for sure. 2002-11-12 "Charro!" is an okay film. Elvis plays a reformed outlaw who decides to go straight. But his former gang won't let him. They put an ugly scar on his neck that marks him as a killer. He then takes on his former gang members to try to make them return a stolen Mexican war cannon. All they do with it is frightenthe townspeople. Now, the bad-gone-good Elvis can save the people and stop the gang in its tracks. If you see, and don't enjoy it because there's a lot of violence, I don't know what to say. Very far from "Loving You", that's for sure.

It's not "Flaming Star," but it isn't "Clambake," either. 2002-08-19 Elvis' last few movies seem to be among the better of the lot, and "Charro" is one of them. An obvious attempt to cash in on the "spaghetti western" phenomenon of the late 60's, "Charro" isn't half bad. I get the feeling the original storyline was more mature and more violent, but was watered down to play to Elvis' "family-friendly" audience. Also, it feels as though some scenes were edited out that might have helped the story progress, but were sacrificed either by an inept editor or an attempt to keep the film G-rated. I wager that had the film kept that harder edge, it would have rivaled "Flaming Star" as Elvis' best western film. As it is, though, it's still a valiant effort by a man who so dearly wanted to be taken seriously as an actor but was never given a chance because of a manager who was more concerned with dollar signs than the ambitions of his client. *A NOTE TO THOSE CONCERNED WITH FILM QUALITY* My copy of "Charro" was put out by Warner Bros. and is arguably the best version available, although the "pan & scan" is painfully obvious sometimes. I have seen versions of "Charro" put out by other video companies and they are horrible! If possible, get the Warner Bros. release and no other.

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