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With its unpaved streets and rickety buildings, Jericho, Texas is an unlikely outpost for gun-toting mobs from Chicago. But with Prohibition in full swing, tweed-suited rum-runners have corrupted and terrorized this sleepy border town. Civil law is dead. Like their bosses in the Windy City, the leaders of Jericho's rival crime .. Read more

Starring Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken, Bruce Dern, David Patrick Kelly
Director Walter Hill
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller

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With its unpaved streets and rickety buildings, Jericho, Texas is an unlikely outpost for gun-toting mobs from Chicago. But with Prohibition in full swing, tweed-suited rum-runners have corrupted and terrorized this sleepy border town. Civil law is dead. Like their bosses in the Windy City, the leaders of Jericho's rival crime families are warring for control of a lucrative bounty of booze: truckloads of 100-proof, making their way from Mexico to a thirsty nation's illicit network of gin joints and speakeasies. Fatefully, a mysterious loner, Smith, passes through looking for a place to spend the night, but quickly decides to cash in on the action. He cleverly hires himself out to each gang while remaining loyal to no one but himself. A soldier-of-fortune with his own agenda, he betrays both sides to the other in a bold attempt to destroy the bootleggers and rescue what remains of Jericho's shell-shocked residents. But a traitor cannot live among mercenaries without being exposed and killed.

Starring Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken, Bruce Dern, David Patrick Kelly, Alexandra Powers, Karina Lombard
Director Walter Hill
Studio ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 37 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 18.gif
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller
Language English
Subtitles English
Released DVD: 27 Sep 1999
Production year: 1996
Format DVD

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  • 1 stars out of 4

    A Hollywood Western influenced by other schools of film-making. The wit and charm of Kurosawa's original, Yojimbo, has been replaced by a raw energy and gunfights in the style of John Woo; but its glum, conscienceless protagonist lacks the style of

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

  • Hill's remake of Kurosawa's samurai classic Yojimbo places the story in the Prohibition era, with Italian and Irish... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 14 out of 15 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    A Fist Full Of Yojimbo

    That's right folks, they had the audacity to remake A Fistful Of Dollars with Bruce Willis and set it in Prohibition-era America. But wait, don't go, it's actually darned good!

    Willis plays John Smith, a man on the run from various debt collectors when he stumbles accross a small town in the middle of the desert which is being fought over by the Italians and the Irish mobs for control. Smith falls foul of both and ends up playing one off against the other in true Yojimbo fashion. It's very stylishly shot and directed by Walter Hill, still one of the best directors around, and although at times guilty of sloppy pacing and over-styled editing, this film is well worth watching. Special mention to Christopher Walken as the mad as hell henchman Mr Hickey as well as a comanding and undoubtedly subtle performance from Bruce....nice.

      • James Pryde from Edinburgh, Scotland
      • Posted 05 Aug 2004 13:34

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  • 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Time Out Reviewers - who needs 'em!

    If like me you're a die hard (no pun intended!) Bruce Willis fan (although even I have to admit I couldn't bring myself to watch more than 10 minutes of Hudson Hawk), then I think you will love this film - feel free to ignore the Time Out review if it's still there - critics have to be paid for something!

    I watched it a few weeks ago, and it was shown on TV at the weekend - and I had to watch it again! I loved the usual cool style that Brucie showed for most of the movie, right from the moment he had his car "improved" when he first drove into town, right up until he got caught out. I'm not going to mention the plot - it's been seen before, but for me Brucie adds that little bit extra.

      • Jimbo747 from Monmouthshire
      • Posted 05 Oct 2004 19:44

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      • With its unpaved streets and rickety buildings, Jericho, Texas is an unlikely outpost for gun-toting mobs from Chicago. But with Prohibition in full swing, tweed-suited rum-runners have corrupted and ...