Pledge, The

The performances are fair, if unremarkable, with Luke Perry doing his best Clint Eastwood impression as the film´s hero. C. Thomas Howell is actually quite good as the mustache-twirling villain. His wrinkly face and hoarse voice makes his Lamar Horn a watered down version of Al Swearengen from "Deadwood."

VIDEO:
The video is presented in anamorphic widescreen with an aspect ratio of 1.78:1. The transfer is clean and the colors are sharp.

AUDIO:
The audio is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1. Dialogue comes in crystal clear, although a lot of the sound effects and gunshots don´t have the bass you might expect.

EXTRAS:
None. There are previews for other Western releases like "Lonesome Dove," "Aces ´N Eights," and "Lone Rider" which play as the DVD starts up.

FILM VALUE:
Also known as "A Gunfighter´s Pledge" is better than it has any right to be, but it´s a film that no one will confuse with classics like "The Searchers" or "The Wild Bunch." The director does throw in a few visual references to John Ford and Sergio Leone, the masters of the genre. The movie is certainly better than the last made-for-TV Western I reviewed, Aces N´ Eights, but it is still formulaic and uneventful.

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