Breakheart Pass (1975)
Charles Bronson's at his best here in this classic yarn based on the best selling Alistair Maclean novel.
A fast paced, action packed, mystery western set in frontier era Rocky Mountain territory. Bronson is on a train where one by one the passengers are murdered, but for what reason? Naturally Bronson is the number one suspect but it quickly becomes clear he's probably the only innocent man on the train as the passage through Indian country becomes a fight for survival.
Richard Crenna, Ben Johnson and Jill Ireland head the cast alongside Bronson in this classy snowbound western adventure that for the most part is as much a slasher film as it is western adventure.
The Eureka Blu-ray is definitely a step up from the dvd i used to own. Going to have a look at the Kim Newman 25 minute interview* in a while before completing my Ben Johnson / train slasher film double bill with Terror Train which arrived today.
*Probably not really an interview. I expect he simply talks solidly for 25 minutes. |