Painful to watch
Added 8/28/2009
I don't write a lot of movie reviews because I believe that all movies have some redeeming value, but this movie is truly painful to watch, and I watched the entire movie. The acting is the most painful. The timing is poor, the Foley work is non-existent (i.e. sound effects are poor at best). Unless you're studying film and looking for an example of a really bad movie, don't waste your time or money. Avoid this movie at all costs. BTW: George Kennedy does a small cameo appearance (the only convincing acting in the movie). Run don't walk away from this one.
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As Good as the Old Roy Rogers Western
Added 11/14/2008
As in any old Western, this movie has plenty of shoot-em-ups. However, unlike many of the more recent Westerns, it is clear who are the good guys and who the bad guys are and who the really bad guys are. Therefore, it could be watched by most kids from the age of eight or so, especially when with a parent. In this movie, one of the medium bad guys even concludes he is on the wrong path and, after paying the price for his robbery, starts a new life as a good guy. The whole movie revolves around the robber's decision to try to rescue the girl rather than safely escaping with the stolen bank money. There are several good ethical issues, such as this one, for family discussion to build character.
It is obvious that this is a low-budget movie, with less than stellar actors. Such qualities are typical of movies intended for children, so I judge the movie as a children's movie and not as an epic Western. People get killed, so there is typical Western movie violence. I only noticed a few offensive words, so overall this is a good recent Western for family viewing. I would say that this movie is certainly as good as the ever popular Roy Rogers movies or the old Gene Autry Westerns.
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Please read all the reviews before investing your money in this movie.
Added 1/14/2008
My husband and I bought this moving at our local Post Exchange here in Germany. We watch alot of movies due to the fact that our TV programming consists of 12 channels from the states with shows that are a season behind in most cases. Our movie kept showing a title with the words "This presentation is for screening only". I have never seen that in a movie, but that was probably the only real interesting part of Three Bad Men. What a waste of money and time. I turned to my husband, about 1/4 the way into the movie and said "Honey.. I do believe this is one of those movies that is going to make us both dumber for having watched it". We barely made it to the end. The acting was bad, the scenery was okay, the whole movie was disjointed. I also have wondered if we would see present day building on accident due to the ineptness in putting the film / timeline together. Blech.. please, please read the reviews before buying unless you want to see a really terrible movie.
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Not the best ever but CERTAINLY not the worst
Added 1/6/2008
This film,which features screen legend George Kennedy amongst a cast of non-entities is NOT "High Noon"...It is NOT"The Searchers",or "The Magnificent seven"...This said,this film is also NOT the worst film ever made,or any of the other,over-the-top twaddle that appears in other reviews to be found here for it..Either these other people have NOT seen too many really bad films,or they were expecting more than they had any right to expect...
Three bad guys escaping the law find a dying man who implores them to save his abducted wife..They decide,against all reason on thier part,to do so...This isn't the most original script in the world but so what?I have seen a lot of original,trendy,critically acclaimed films that are far worse than this movie,so there is really no accounting for taste...
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In a word--torture
Added 7/2/2007
90 minutes of my life I'll never get back. The only reason I watched this turd to the end was to satisfy my curiosity that it could not get worse--it did. Bad acting, bad effects (guns that don't emit smoke when "fired"), bad dialogue--just bad, bad, bad. For sure the worst western and most likely the worst movie of any genre I've ever seen.
If you get this movie for free, you still paid way too much. Avoid this one at all costs.
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