Lory R. (melikedvd) from RICHMOND, CA
Reviewed on 8/22/2020...
Oh my God!! The Echo Bridge colorized version has to be seen to be believed. Why would any distributor do this to an old John Wayne "B" western? There's only one reason, an attempt to make a copyrightable edition of a public domain film.
Here's what they did to it:
1. Colorized it using that old computer method which makes everyone look like they were embalmed.
2. Totally replaced the original score (there wasn't much to replace) with canned music.
3. Added sound effects that sometimes sound like it was shot in a jungle.
4. Re-dub all the voices with dialog that at times doesn't even match the mouths. Not sure if they just over cleaned the track of John Wayne's voice or it was a John Wayne impersonator. Other actors clearly had their voices replaced. Looks like a foreign dubbed film.
The Lawless Frontier is available from many distributors and you can find a decent b&w copy with all the sound as it was originally recorded if you are a true John Wayne fan or get this edition just for a laugh.
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