There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

100 RIFLES is a Hollywood western shot in Spain with a good little cast. Made in 1969 it features a little ultra-violence in the WILD BUNCH style although is much inferior when compared to the Peckinpah movie. However, it's still quite watchable and has an interesting story about a bank robber, a bounty hunter, a female gunslinger and a cruel Mexican general. The story favours larger-than-life characters and action and generally works very well, even if it isn't top tier. Burt Reynolds plays an irascible character with plenty of charm while Jim Brown is another imposing tough guy with a heart. Raquel Welch certainly grabs the attention with THAT infamous shower scene but the tragic Soledad Miranda is equally entrancing in her first-scene cameo. I wouldn't call 100 RIFLES a classic but it certainly does the job for western lovers.

100 Rifles (1969) ** (out of 4)Yaqui Joe Herrera (Burt Reynolds) robs an Arizona bank and heads into Mexico where he's eventually caught by Sheriff Lyedecker (Jim Brown). Soon the sheriff realizes that the young half Indian stole the money so that he could buy his people some weapons in order to fight. Soon Lyedecker joins forces with the group and strikes up a relationship with Sarita (Raquel Welch).100 RIFLES is a rather interesting film to watch, although it's not nearly as good as one would have hoped. This film certainly has a very European feel to it yet it's pretty much missing all of the ingredients of the Spaghetti Westerns that were so popular at the time. I'm not sure why the director went away from delivering a type of film that was so popular during this era but either way we've got a very good cast that helps make up for it.The cast are certainly the reason to watch the film even though I'd argue that no one really gives what you'd consider a "good" performance. Both Brown and Reynolds were still rather young in their careers so we can overlook that they're not strong dramatic actors. With that said, both of them certainly had a presence about them and they manage to help keep the film moving and slightly entertaining. Welch is basically here to show off her sexuality, which she does a great job at. The director constantly likes to hint at her sexuality and this is especially true early on when she goes to take her shirt off and just as you think you're about to see something... We've also got a young and beautiful Soledad Miranda in a small part.The biggest problem with 100 RIFLES is the fact that it runs on way too long and there's just really not much of a story to carry the extended running time. I really do wish the film had been edited down further because there are some great scenes scattered throughout. The highlight would have to be a battle sequence where the bad guys are on a train and the good guys do a surprise attack. This scene here is certainly worth sitting through the movie for.

Continuing my plan to watch every Burt Reynolds movie in his filmography in order, I come to 100 Rifles.Plot in A Paragraph: Set in Mexico during Indian oppression and rebellion. Law man Lyedecker (Jim Brown) arrives in town in hot pursuit of Yaqui Joe (Burt Reynolds) who has stolen $6000 from a bank. Lyedecker soon catches his man, but problems arise when it is revealed Joe is involved in the Indian uprising, and has used the money to buy 100 Rifles for the Indians, which he plans on taking them to the Indians with Sarita (Raquel Welch) Leydecker gets caught up in the uprising but is determined to get his man back to the U.S. as a prisoner.Jim Brown does as well as he can in his role, but acting is not his strong suit. Raquel Welch is gorgeous with a wonderful body, but she was not much of an actress back then and only Burt Reynolds emerges the films real star "acting wise" he plays the role with a glint in his eye and he brings the laughs. Of the three co stars he is the only one who can actually act. Had his character being better scripted, then this would be one of Burt Reynolds more famous characters. As it it is he easily stole this picture.I don't understand why there isn't more love this movie. Burt Reynolds earlier western" Navajo Joe" has a cult following yet is nowhere near as well made or as enjoyable as "100 Rifles"

Some filmgoers may be surprised to know that there was a time when Brown could command top-billing over Welch and Reynolds. Here he plays a deputy sheriff, traveling across the Mexican border to retrieve Reynolds, who has robbed an American bank of $6,000. Just as Brown is about to nab Reynolds, all hell breaks loose due to Mexican general Lamas persecution of freedom-fighting peasants, led by curvaceous Welch. With commitment, purpose and loyalty questioned occasionally, Brown, Reynolds and Welch all wind up working together against Lamas, who is allied with O'Herlihy, a railroad representative, and Braeden, a German officer on hand to advise Lamas. The title weapons become a bargaining chip as both sides work hard to defeat the other. Before it's all over, a lot of bullets have been fired, a lot of things have been burned or blown up and plenty of blood has been spilled. Brown, who possessed a laid-back, almost gentle screen presence, is not as comfortable before the camera as he would later become, though his amiability and chemistry with Reynolds helps. Welch is, of course, quite stunning physically, but her acting (which includes a theek Mehican accent!) isn't exactly stellar. Also, not only did she not get along with Reynolds at all, but she also reneged on a nude scene she was supposed to film (it was done with a wet shirt instead.) She also, according to Brown, refused to do their love scene unless she had fabric in between their chests. Their highly publicized love scene is tame now, though it was surely arresting at the time. Stella Stevens would go further when she and Brown made "Slaughter" a few years later. Reynolds conveniently plays a half-Yaqui Indian and half Alabaman. His innate charisma allows him to walk away with most of his scenes while his sense of amused abandon foreshadows his later career. Lamas has a good time as the relentless villain of the film while O'Herlihy is appropriately shifty in his part. The towering Forest (best known for playing Apollo on an episode of "Star Trek") plays Welch's silent helpmate. Miranda has a spicy bit role as one of Reynolds' bedmates. The score for the film, by Jerry Goldsmith, is excellent, containing some unusual sounds/"instruments" no doubt left over from "The Planet of the Apes." There's a lot of action, perhaps even too much since the personal story gets a bit eclipsed along the way and characters long to be fleshed out a little bit more. Still, it's an attractive, interesting cast going through the motions of a sometimes-rousing film. There are a few images of drunken Indians that seem blatantly stereotypical and derogatory these days. At least there is a certain degree of scope in the number of extras used and the spectacle of the train careening into town in the finale. It's a moderately effective time filler.