Powderkeg

Powderkeg (1971)

Their gun and guts for hire... and a blank check is their price

Radar 27High volatilityUS:NR1h 33mAction · Adventure · Western

The Radar read

A quieter title still finding its audience, though the rating rests on a thin sample, so treat it as provisional.

Synopsis

A Mexican bandit is about to be executed in the United States, so his brother takes over a train and holds the passengers as hostages unless his brother is released. Now both the Americans and Mexicans are baffled as to what to do. One of the passengers — who wrote the letter for their captor — has a suggestion: call mercenaries Hank Brackett and Johnny Reech. They do, and as expected they do come up with a plan, but the president of the railroad is not sure if it will work.

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Radar score27/100
Quality signal64/100
Audience rating8.5
Votes counted2
Trust signalHigh volatility

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