SHALAKO (2 outta 5 stars) Sean Connery plays Shalako, a stereotypical western hero who comes across a bunch of upper class British twits who go on a little hunting expedition in the US of A and find themselves stuck in the middle of hostile Indian territory. Well, when it comes to the American Indian versus the British aristocracy I know who *I* would be rooting for... unfortunately Shalako takes a hankering to pretty (but vacant) blonde beauty Bridget Bardot and so feels obligated to lead everyone to safety while killing lots of heathen natives (well, a lot of Hollywood actors *pretending* to be natives anyway). Not much of a role for Connery... but I guess at this point he was pretty much happy to be in *anything* that wasn't James Bond. You'd think that a climactic spear fight between Sean and Woody Strode would be a highlight... but it's a far from memorable screen confrontation. It's not really an awful movie... it just sounds like it would be a lot better than it is.
