Maverick 1994 by AverageMansReviews

Maverick 1994 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is racism/capital punishment/Russia component/shooting/burning

All Rivers Draw Poker Championship; to be held on This Sternwheel Portland; "The Lauren Bell”: basically; this tournament is being ran by Commodore Duvall [James Coburn:] he will also be taking part in it. But our story begins some days earlier with Bret Maverick [Mel Gibson:] a handy person with not only being an excellent poker player but also quick with a gun and mouth as well; he already has some of the $25,000 entry fee for this tournament and without giving too much away but also saying we follow him on his journey to find the rest of this money and take his seat at this tournament.

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 127 minutes film; is well really, really, really slow at best when it has a gust of enthusiasm, it gets into second gear; it is very detrimental to this film as man it is just insufferably boring as hell, we also have the film starting somewhere else in the film and not at the beginning and now and again we also have Maverick providing narration/storyteller.

Comedy/Action/Art; because of how this film has been laid out as in its slowness, everything else feels as flat as a pancake or/and they are having to try making something happen. I mean there was one time out of may be a small hand of times that I laughed or was entertained and that was when we had Maverick and Bank Robber [Danny Glover:] where they have this back and forth of basically " I recognise you from somewhere, don't I? Nope, it couldn't be [ with familiar background music from this series of films, which I will make reference to in due course; in mannerisms and body language with very little spoken] in reference to their times working together on the Lethal Weapon film series and yes when things get a little bit hairy a moment or two later this bank robber makes reference to his age also another reference used from this film series.

In a rough description we have this runaway horses and carriage; where unfortunately the driver has passed on, which after a brief discussion between Maverick and Zane Cooper/other names [James Garner:] I can't tell you too much about this character in this film, other than for here and now, it is up to him to fix the far back wheel, but what I can tell you about James Garner is he was the original Bret Maverick/Beau "Pappy" Maverick in the TV program Maverick from 1957 to 1962; but I digress so it is up to Maverick to deal with all of the dangerous things. But in short Cooper says the wheel is perfect to Annabelle Bransford [Jodie Foster:] she is like Maverick heading towards this tournament and likewise trying to put some money together to enter, she is a good poker player, but she is a better thief well to everyone else but Maverick as he knows most of her tricks. Obviously the art is good to see from the wardrobe, set designs and anything other; so they did a excellent job on bringing this film to life.

Character developments and performances; as I mentioned earlier because this film is really slow and on a quick side note the person I want some of this content with said and I am paraphrasing here it just fell really slow and too long, they could have taken off 25 minutes. But I digress; as I made reference to earlier also it is detrimental; so be it the character developments which are something safe and reliable or/and the performances on their own merit or likewise safe and reliable, but they are really having to work to fill up this empty space brought on by the slowness as in if this film is quicker, possibly but more likely it would have this problem in the first place.

This film receives: 5/10, this film is mixed; I am trying to be positive about this film; this is one of those films that if you know what I am saying you will get this straight away; as my marking would suggest this film isn't poor, but it in hindsight became a chore to watch as it really has problems so it became a mixture between its okay, but what I want to again, I would rather watch paint dry. This film has some awards accredited to its name; 1 Winner ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 1995 ASCAP Award Top Box Office Films Randy Newman, 2 Nominees Academy Awards, USA 1995 Oscar Best Costume Design April Ferry and American Comedy Awards, USA 1995 American Comedy Award Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) Jodie Foster