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Ulzana's Raid
See it – One of the last old-fashioned westerns before they got weird in the 70’s. A very good, intelligent western and one of Burt Lancaster’s best. Showing off a manly moustache, Lancaster is a scout for a cavalry troop in pursuit of an Indian raiding party led by an Apache named Ulzana. A very intense, thrilling movie with a great plot. 4 action rating
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Unconquered
This one is fairly talky for a Gary Cooper movie. It’s 2 and a half hours long and there is only one major battle scene. The story is very good (compare it to Last of the Mohicans) but there needs to be more action the longer a movie is. The story is epic, but this one has more in common with “Gone with the Wind” than an action movie. 2 action rating
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The Undefeated
2 action rating
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Underworld Awakening
3 action rating
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The Unforgiven (1960)
See it - Not to be confused with Clint Eastwood’s “Unforgiven,” this is one of, if not the best, Burt Lancaster western. Better than “Scalphunters” and “Valdez is Coming,” but in my opinion not quite as good as the action-packed “Ulzana’s Raid.” The plot is very similar to “The Searchers,” only it is about an Indian girl raised by whites instead of a white girl raised by Indians. The movie is very well made, the story is heartfelt, and Lancaster and co-stars Audie Murphy and Audrey Hepburn are fantastic. It is pretty slow, but the ending is worth the wait. The 20-minute shootout at the end is one of the greatest finales I’ve ever seen in a western. 3 action rating.
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Up Periscope
See it – Not a run-of-the-mill submarine movie. James Garner stars as an underwater demolitionist expert in World War II who just happens to be fluent in Japanese. But for some reason he is hand-picked by the government to go on a secret mission that requires neither. His mission involves hitching a ride on a submarine, commanded by an uptight captain who does everything strictly by the book. The submarine takes Garner’s character undetected to a Japanese island, where his mission is to scuba dive from the sub to the island, sneak into the enemy outpost, and photograph documents for military intelligence. Most of the movie takes place on the sub. The sub encounters an enemy battleship and enemy planes. The best part of the film is the last 30 minutes, when Garner’s character finally gets off the sub and gets to sneak around in the jungle. Despite its unique plot, the rest of the movie is very average, including the action. 2.5 action rating.
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