An above average but somewhat uninspired film from Gino Portencovo about William Walker and Africa. Brando turns in a charismatic performance as Walker. The film initially portrays Africans as an essentially destitute people incapable of any kind of rebellion against their Portugese masters. But William Walker plays the Africans against the Portugese if only for the British to flourish over there.
The film wasn't that nuanced or anything. I mean, why were the Africans so easy to exploit? The supporting cast except for Evaristo Marquez was unremarkable at best. Ennio Morricone's background score was pretty good. I liked the final scenes just before the execution of the African rebel leader when Walker realizes that it would be tough to civilize the Africans. The film lacked force. It doesn't help that a major portion of the action takes place off screen and we are informed about it only through the dialog. So it wasn't very cleverly put together. It did not seem to be inspired filmaking. But then, the print I watched was pretty bad. They should release a blu ray of this movie.
The film wasn't that nuanced or anything. I mean, why were the Africans so easy to exploit? The supporting cast except for Evaristo Marquez was unremarkable at best. Ennio Morricone's background score was pretty good. I liked the final scenes just before the execution of the African rebel leader when Walker realizes that it would be tough to civilize the Africans. The film lacked force. It doesn't help that a major portion of the action takes place off screen and we are informed about it only through the dialog. So it wasn't very cleverly put together. It did not seem to be inspired filmaking. But then, the print I watched was pretty bad. They should release a blu ray of this movie.