The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Clint Eastwood and Westerns: it's probably a match nothing else comes close to. Granted, the man had already done different things before and would go on to do a great many different things after, but there is little denying that Eastwood wearing a cowboy hat and handling six-shooters is iconic. And here is his first directorial effort in the genre he made his own. And it's pretty good. Possibly not the best nor most memorable, but still one of those films you need to see if you like Eastwood's work. The film wastes little time: in the opening scene, Wales' (Eastwood) family is slaughtered by rogue Yankee agents (this takes place at the end of the Civil War). He then joins a band of guerillas from Missouri who proceed to wreak havoc during a pretty awesome title credit sequence. But things do not last, and this band is one of the last who eventually plan to surrender when the war has finally ended, brokered by one of their group named Fletcher (Vernon). However,...
