There’s a lot going on besides prospecting, including: struggling to get by, fortune hunting, hunting men, culture clash, gun fights, mental instability, murder, and irony.  Director John Huston makes it all believable, authentic and entertaining.

  Multiple adventures unfold that hold attention from encounters with Federales, bandits and rural folk to wilderness and human endurance challenges. 

  A balanced force of justice dominates.  Wrongs are equitably punished and rights are equitably rewarded.  Nature is not against humanity here but rather an equalizer of justice.  Even in lawless environments nature enacts retribution for
all foul deeds.

        » Brent Chastain, Top3films.com