"Last Stand at Saber River." Sounds desperate, like a Three Mesquiteers movie from the 1930s. Actually there is no last stand, and if Saber River was ever mentioned I missed it.It's 1865. The Civil War is about over and a bearded, filthy Tom Selleck who fought for the Confederacy rides home after three years to his family in Texas. His schoolteacher wife, Suzy Amis, and his two young children are waiting for him. His wife is bitter about his having been gone and incommunicado for so long. They decide to return to their ranch in Arizona Territory and raise horses.They find the atmosphere in the valley decidedly mixed. It appears to be in the charge of the Union Army but no Union Army is discernible, just David Carradine, dressed up in a Union uniform, though he's now a civilian. He kinda runs things and his men have taken over Selleck's dilapidated homestead. Selleck shortly rids it of their presence.The homestead is now in contention. It lies just outside one of those tiny Western towns with only a few buildings and a General Store. The General Store is owned by an unregenerate Southerner who welcomes Selleck as a fellow-in-arms. I can't find the guy's name in the cast list, although he gives one of the best performances in the movie.It sounds like a simple-minded contest of good against evil. In some ways it even LOOKS like it, because some of David Carradine's men have obviously been hired for their appearances, with the evil already punched in.But it's more subtle than that. And more complicated. A feud starts, but each side has its own justification. And there's a sub plot involved the "running" of cattle and/or horses and/or guns back and forth to Mexico. I've never figured out how those things work. I've never understood why cats are fascinated by flushing toilets either.It's not bad. David's brother, Keith Carradine, has a bit more perspective than the rest of the clan and changes sides. When the war ends, the manager of the general store, who has been a friendly figure, goes ape. And there's a final shoot out that leaves Selleck wounded and the bad guys routed. The special effects -- the gunshots and the whines of ricochets -- are admirable.Selleck is his comfortable, easy-to-identify-with self. He's a John Wayne figure, a man of principle. When a beautiful blond girl, Tracey Needham, throws herself at him, he resists her siren's song. This happens to me all the time but I find it harder to walk away than Selleck does.Suzy Amis is just about right for the part of the hardened frontier wife. She's not stunningly beautiful but that's just fine because it renders her more nearly human than the ordinary glamor girls that Hollywood fields.It's worth watching.
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