What was good for westerns was equally bad for the horror genre...and that was Roger Corman's leaving one and going to the other. What a goofy idea this was for something called entertainment. The Confederate Army was in such bad shape it had to recruit a group of scumbags from death row to bring in a traitor and 30K in gold. They couldn't find a few men in the ranks who could do the job? Just couldn't make it without employing a handful of untrustworthy thieves and killers? Way beyond stupid. Seldom have I seen cornier more overblown performances. And those fight scenes! A class of sixth graders could have been more convincing. Avoid this claptrap.
Review of Five Guns West
