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Captivating movie !

Absolutely the worst movie.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

I for one am disgusted that this movie doesn't have a higher rating. I would only be happy with 9 stars or more personally. This movie has everything. A pure classic. And the main character Matthew Quigley is a true honorable figure that we should all aspire to be more like. I'd recommend it to anybody

Sharpshooter Quigley travels to Australia to respond to a newspaper advert. When he discovers that the job advertised effectively consists of shooting aborigines for wealthy rancher (and gunslinger groupie) Marston, he declines the offer which puts him at odds with Marston. Having been dumped to die in the outback along with Crazy Cora, Quigley finally makes his way back to Marston's ranch for a showdown.This unusual Australian western benefits from a number of things. One, the setting is both unusual and enormously photogenic. Two, the film is always fun and engaging and has a number of excellent action sequences and some terrific lines of dialogue. And, three, the three principals - Tom Selleck as Quigley, Alan Rickman as Marston, and Laura San Giacomo as Cora - are perfectly cast.This film is thoroughly enjoyable.

Quigley Down Under is directed by Simon Wincer and written by John Hill. It stars Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo and Alan Rickman. Music is by Basil Poledouris and cinematography by David Eggby. Plot sees Selleck as Matthew Quigley, a Wyoming cowboy and sharp shooting rifleman who answers an advertisement to go to Western Australia as a hired sharp shooter. If proving his worth, he's to work for Elliot Marston (Rickman), but when Marston outlines his sick reasons for hiring Quigley, the pair quickly become on a collision course that can only see one of them survive. It was written in the 1970s by John Hill, where it was hoped that Steve McQueen would take on the lead role, but with McQueen falling ill and Clint Eastwood allegedly passed over, the project sat on ice until 1990. In came Selleck and the film finally got made. Just about making back its money at the box office, Wincer's movie deserved far better than that. It's competition in the Western stakes in 1990 were Costner's beautiful and elegiac Dances With Wolves and the Brat Pack bravado of Young Guns II, both vastly different films from each other, and both considerably different from Quigley Down Under. If those two films contributed to the average response to the Selleck picture? I'm not completely sure, but viewing it now one tends to think that the 1990 audience just wasn't ready for such a delightfully old fashioned Oater, one that features a straight and simple narrative to tell its tale.It's safe to say that anyone after deep psychological aspects will not get that here. There's some serious themes in the story, such as the horrid genocide towards Aborigines, while the deft kicks at the British are fair enough even to a British guy such as myself. But in the main this is old time Western fare, where it may be as predictable as a horse doing toilet where it pleases, but it's fun, brisk, gorgeous to look at, and there's never a dull moment within. Wincer (Lonesome Dove) directs with assuredness and the trio of cast leads are great value. Where Selleck cuts an impressive figure of a tough guy high on principals and with a comedy glint in his eye, Rickman is suitably attired all in black and bang on form for sneering, cocksure, villainy, while Giacomo is pretty and works neatly alongside Selleck as a spunky, lively, sidekick type who carries some sad emotional baggage along. There appears to be quite some division amongst fans and critics as regards Poledouris' (Conan the Barbarian) score. Whilst I agree that it does at time veer close to being too boisterous, it sits well within the type of film the makers are going for. It carries with it a sort of Magnificent Seven flavouring, imbuing the story with a rightful sense of adventure. It also flows freely with Eggby's classical capturing of the Western Australian locations. Eggby (Mad Max/The Man From Snowy River) utilises the scope format on offer to deliver some truly gorgeous back drops, while the brown and yellow hues are most appealing to the eyes. Costuming and sets are spot on for period detail, and Quigley's Sharps Rifle is an absolute beast of a weapon. The simple structure and telegraphed nature of the story stops it from being a true classic of the genre. But it's got so much going for it and is high on rewatchability, to make Quigley Down Under (not the best of titles either) essential viewing for fans of old fashioned Westerns. 8.5/10

Great mostly due to the incredible scenery, Tom Selleck stands up with veteran films actors like Alan Rickman and Laura San Giacomo and holds his own. His Magnum PI Style mixed with a small amount of "Robert Mitchum competence" gives him a bit of flair, and contrast to the Australian actors.The feel of this film is that of a big-time Hollywood western, this is about as far west as one can get. Along with the familiar horses and guns, there are also dingos and kangaroos. Instead of Native Americans, there are Native Australians, and there is as much of a parallel here as there is with the western United States. Alan Rickman is the quintessential bloated bad-guy.The score by Basil Poledouris is very "Magnificent Sevenish" - You can hear strains of Quigly is Basil's other work, like Starship Troopers- Actually, a LOT of Quigly's themes were reproduced in Starship Troopers, but this is why I liked Composers like Alfred Hitchcocks Bernard Herrman and Sergio Leone's Ennio Merricone.The director of Lonesome Dove Simon Wincer sells the story, written by novelist John Hill...And all of Australia is the set.Favourite quote from the film is "Got no use for a Colt, never said I couldn't use one". One very pleasant moment in the film is where Quigley makes a very Clint-Eastwoodish/Josey Wales gesture by spitting on the ground- Watch for that.