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i must have seen a different film!!

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Furious that the Apache chief Geronimo is about to make peace with the Americans, a warrior by the name of "Massai" (Burt Lancaster) decides he would rather die than surrender and continues to fight. However, he is caught and sent in chains on a train full of other Apache warriors to Florida. As luck would have it he manages to escape and makes it back to his reservation. Unfortunately, he is betrayed and captured soon after. But even then he doesn't give up hope and escapes yet again to continue his war only this time he seeks revenge on those Apaches who he feels betrayed him as well. Now rather than reveal any more of this movie and risk spoiling it for those who haven't seen it I will just say that considering the solid cast I honestly expected something better. Admittedly, the selection of Jean Peters to play the Apache maiden, "Nalinle" was a bit of a stretch, but all things considered she performed fairly well. Even so I cannot say the same for Burt Lancaster as he seemed totally miscast for the role. Throw in a very clumsy script and the end result was something that I didn't particularly care for. Accordingly, although I don't want to sound too critical I have to rate this movie as below average.

Burt Lancaster brings great dignity to the role of Massai, a fiercely proud Apache man who still thinks of himself as a warrior. Unwilling to be shipped off, along with other Indians, to Florida, he escapes his captors and makes life miserable for the white men in his midst. Eventually, he abducts a young woman, Nalinle (Jean Peters), and attempts to begin a life as a family man and a farmer. Meanwhile, Indian scouts such as Al Sieber (John McIntire) and Hondo (Charles Bronson) steadily track him down.In some ways, "Apache" is a product of its time, with an assortment of white actors playing Indians. If people are able to suspend their disbelief, they'll find that the acting is generally good. While Massai is stubborn and not all that sympathetic, Lancaster takes the role seriously, stressing the Indian warriors' pride at all times. At the same time, the film is rather progressive for having an Indian character in a leading / heroic role.Peters is appealing as the lady who helps to bring out more of his humanity. In addition to the robust McIntire and the typically low key Bronson, the very fine supporting cast includes John Dehner, Paul Guilfoyle (*not* the 'C.S.I.' co-star, but a different character actor), "High Noon" villain Ian MacDonald, Walter Sande, and Morris Ankrum.The action is first rate, with rousing music by David Raksin and lush colour cinematography by Ernest Laszlo and Stanley Cortez. The "happy" ending doesn't feel all that convincing, but at least getting there is somewhat interesting, with efficient direction by Robert Aldrich helping to keep things watchable.Six out of 10.

This is an exciting and masterful movie by the great Robert Aldrich , at his first and the best Western . Many years later bloody fighting with the settlers in the American frontier and a bitter battle between the Apaches and the US cavalry in the struggle for the West , the chief Apache Gerónimo is obliged to undertake a humiliating defeat . But his warrior more radical and violent named Maasai (Burt Lancaster), renounces to accept rendition . Maasai refuses to surrender and takes on the relentless American cavalry (John McIntire , Charles Bronson) , attempting to get a step ahead of the perfectly trained troopers ,all of them have vowed to kill him . Meanwhile , he falls in love for a gorgeous Apache woman (Jean Peters) . And as his crusade will precipitate toward an epic final battle . Maasai to be realized that he must persevere , not only for his life , but also by the pride of all his Apache race . There really was a renegade Apache warrior called Massai, who was a bloodthirsty killer renowned for stealing, raping and murdering. He did indeed escape from a prison train bound for Florida and made his way back to his homeland.This thoughtful picture is an excellent adaptation based on the novel by Paul J. Wellman titled ¨Bronco Apache¨ . This film is , along with "Devil'S Doorway" and " Broken Arrow", one of the few titles of great quality shot in the 1950s to praise the figure of the Red Skins against White Men . Interestingly , the screenwriter James R Webb and the director Robert Aldrich found the character Maasai of the original novel very aggressive , so they decided to join an Apache woman well performed by the wonderful Jean Peters who married Howard Hughes . Lancaster makes an unforgettable and top-notch interpretation as a two-fisted warrior named Maasai , transmitting all the fierceness , nobility and ubiquity of his particularly stubborn role as well as unfriendly . A top-drawer western , the third feature film of the great Aldrich , here directing a Western masterpiece and to confirm with another great movie : "Vera Cruz" . "Apache" is a thrilling and vibrant story to deal with the figure of a rebel Indian ; the own Aldrich did in 1972 another splendid film with this theme : "Ulzana's raid" also with Lancaster as starring . The good of the screenplay is presented to the American Indian with dignity , honour and understanding . This is an intelligent , top-of-the-range piece for its time that had the original tragic final re-shot, against Aldrich's wishes , to make it more happy . He later concluded that "if you shoot two endings, they will always use the other one, never yours". In ¨Apache¨ Robert Aldrich gave a tense and brilliant direction , though was shot in 30 days . Aldrich began writing and directing for TV series in the early 1950s, and directed his first feature in 1953 (Big Leaguer ,1953). Soon thereafter he established his own production company and produced most of his own films, collaborating in the writing of many of them . Directed in a considerable plethora of genres but almost all of his films contained a subversive undertone . He was an expert on warlike (Dirty Dozen , The Angry Hills , Attack , Ten seconds to hell) and Western (The Frisko kid , Ulzana's raid, Apache , Veracruz , The last sunset) . ¨Apache¨ is a masterful film in all aspects , is among the best westerns of the cinema . Rating : Above average , it's a must see and a standout in its genre ; thus, this film was a commercial success .

It's 1886 in New Mexico Territory. The Long Knives have captured Geronimo and the rest of the Apaches and herded them onto the reservation. They ship the warriors, including blue-eyed Burt Lancaster as Massai, to Florida to get rid of the trouble makers, but Burt escapes from the train. He manages to walk and steal rides from St. Louis back to New Mexico, encountering many strange people and customs, mostly played for laughs. From a Cherokee in Oklahoma, he picks up some seed corn, although he has no use for it because, after all, the Apache are hunters and gatherers, not farmers.I don't want to get into too many plot details but some important points are made. One is that the soldiers who guard the train to Florida include what were called Colored Troops at the time. They're happy in their work. But once back on the reservation, Burt sees that the men are working in the fields exactly as we've seen slaves in other movies, swinging picks and plowing fields, and all under a white overseer. The White Eyes refer to the Indian men as "Bucks," in case we missed the analogy. They don't look like happy campers.Betrayed by the Apache chief, Burt kidnaps the chief's daughter and takes her into the wilderness after a brief but destructive rampage. The daughter is blue-eyed Jean Peters, not bad looking, but Burt treats her the way the white overseer and chief bad guy -- John Dehner -- treats the Apache, like a slave. As they trek across mountains and valleys, Burt very sensibly rides the horse and makes her walk behind carrying the bed rolls. Not a peep out of her. She loves Burt and besides, she's an Apache.At the end, Burt has learned to treat Peters as a human being instead of a pack animal. Surrounded by a horde of Long Knives, led this time by a good guy, John McIntire, he throws away his weapons and goes into his little hut to comfort his now-pregnant wife.Burt has decided to abandon the role of warrior, grow the Cherokee corn and become an independent farmer, an equal to the whites. Better to adapt, like the Cherokee, than to die according to outmoded concepts.Well, after all, the slaves themselves adapted, didn't they? Look how cheerfully they carry out their duties as members of the US Colored Troops. Why, it's a lesson for all of us. It's even a moral lesson about women's lib. Burt goes from knocking her about with a stick to cuddling her like the Dad in a 1950s television family series.It's mostly a myth, of course. Traditions, even dangerous ones based on myth, don't die so readily. At the time of this movie's release, you could depend on being refused service in some Southern restaurants if you wore a beard, as I know. And in the Middle East, some Shiite and Sunni have been going at each other for more than a millennium. It's been a shorter time than that in Northern Ireland because the West is so terribly civilized.As "The End" appears on the screen, and director Aldrich gives us a helicopter shot of Burt throwing away his rifle, we all get a warm glow. How nice that he's given up his warrior ways and decided to become a farmer, and how nice that he finally treats his wife like an equal. Geronimo himself wound up in a Wild West show. We're permitted to wonder what happened to Massai, the warrior turned worrier.