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The Adventures of Brisco County jr - No Man's Land
episode 3
USA 1993
produced by Paul Marks, Jeffrey Boam (executive), Carlton Cuse (executive) for Boam/Cuse Productions, Warner Brothers/Fox Network
directed by Kim Manners
starring Bruce Campbell, Julius Carry, Christian Clemenson, John Astin, Denise Crosby, Denis Forest, Brook Susan Parker, Jeremy Roberts, Judson Scott, Tracey Walter, Corinna Everson, Cameo Kneuer, Shareen Mitchell, Tegan West, Jennifer MacDonald, Andy Rolfes, Thais Springer
screenplay by Tom Chehak, created by Jeffrey Boam, Carlton Cuse, music by Stephen Graziano
TV series The Adventures of Brisco County jr
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Brisco County jr (Bruce Campbell) is on the trail of the Swill brothers
(Denis Forest, Jeremy Roberts, Judson Scott, Tracey Walters), but when he
has finally caught up, he finds himself outgunned, falls down some cliffs
and is left to die in the middle of the desert - but fortunately his
friend Prof. Wickwire (John Astin) happens to pass by on his rocket-driven
train waggon, and he takes him to the next town, No Man's Land - called so
because it's a town free of man. And thus, the locals have their
reservations allowing them in, but Sheriff Taylor (Denise Crosby) rules
since they're clearly in distress they need to be helped - and thus local
Dr. Quintano, medicine woman (Shareen Mitchell), nurses Brisco back to
health, and he and the Sheriff become fast friends. Problem is, the Swills
have also chosen No Man's Land as their next stop, and since the town as a
no-gun policy, they manage to take over rather quickly, and they even
manage to take Lord Bowler (Julius Carry), Brisco's friend and fellow
bounty hunter who has stopped by on a different mission, captive. With
some trickery, Brisco and company manage to overcome them and free Lord
Bowler though - and then the objective of the Swills hitting town arrives,
an actual tank, a prototype stolen from the army by the Swills' cousin Ed
(Tegan West), and something that would make them invincible. And the tank
really lays some of No Man's Land to waste ... before Brisco figures to
fight something as (for the time) futuristic, one needs to think
futuristic oneself - and thus Prof. Wickwire's rocket is used to blow the
tank to Kingdom Come ... Good fun, much in the way that B
westerns from the 1930s and 40s can be fun, but without just aping (or
even parodying) these movies of old but with giving things a modern twist
that though stays clear of being revisionist or post-modern - it's really
just genre fun for fun's sake, with Bruce Campbell doing a nice job as
western hero, leading a solid ensemble. And of course, tanks and rockets
lend a nice touch to the genre, but especially in the 1930s, B westerns
and western serials were no strangers to such elements.
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