jimlynde Reviews

Wild Bill (1995)

Cut the script in half and rewrite the dialogue.

[3/10 · 29 January 2023]

This movie was painfully long. I watched it as a fan of Jeff Bridges - what a mistake! It was way overproduced for a story that had already been covered numerous times.

David Arquette's character playing Jack McCall was so unrealistic that it was hard to watch. It was almost uncomfortable to see how ridiculously he played his character. What a mistake it was casting him as Jack McCall.

Aside from that, Jeff Bridges was stellar. The cinematography was above average, but the rest of the casting was less than stellar. I doubt that Jeff Bridges considers this one of his masterpieces, although it could have been with the right cast and script.

Linewatch (2008)

Decent plot that never realizes it's true potential.

[5/10 · 7 February 2009]

As a resident of a border state with Mexico, I was intrigued with the potential storyline that this film could portray. Unfortunately, it started out by meeting my expectations, but flat-lined about 15 minutes in. Aside from Cuba Gooding Jr.,and the actors who played both his wife and daughter, the performances of everyone else reeked with an odor that indicated that this was a low budget independent film. Instead of chasing "coyotes," the well known and despised human smugglers who incite so much tension and hatred along our borders, this film chased a story line about a bunch of big city gansta's who had the maturity level of 8 year olds. It's worth the $3 rental just to see Cuba Gooding Jr. Don't expect too much though. You just might be disappointed.