One of the best westerns ever made. Certainly among the top ten westerns. Beautiful cinematography, perfect casting, and skilled acting make this classic story of a gunfighter trying to escape his past fresh and new. The sound mixing of Shane's gunfire when he was showing Brandon DeWilde some marksmanship makes you jump. Jack Palance was the perfect villian--the very personification of evil. Jean Arthur did her best work as Heflin's homesteader wife. I see this movie at least once a year.
Made in 1985, this is another classic western. Kevin Costner stole the show with his marvelous-looking two-gun rig. Some of the best gunplay ever filmed especially the ending scenes where everyone is shooting. Realistic characters that you would probably have met in the 1880's. A bank robber turned crooked sheriff, a former outlaw gone straight, a powerful and ruthless land baron-- all well done and believable.
