Plot: J.B. Books is a feared man, a gunfighter who survived all of his adversaries. He's just a mortal one though, and after a visit to the doctor, he is told he only has a couple more months to live. Books settles in a nearby inn and hopes to spend his last days in peace, but that's too much to ask.
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January 05, 2024
John Wayne's final film is about a vigilante who has only a limited time left to live. It's an appropriate premise and a nice farewell for one of the biggest Western stars, but as someone who doesn't care for the genre, it's also a pretty huge drag to sit through. This was not my kind of film.
With Wayne, Bacall, and Stewart the cast is full of famous names, but none of them I consider great actors. The cinematography is dreary, I never cared much for the drama, and the action scenes felt forced. It is a noteworthy entry in the aging antihero niche though, so people who like that should this one a go.