If you have seen the engaging True Grit, then you will probably like this not great, but good sequel. Basically tough, old, drunken, one-eyed (lost in war) U.S. Marshall Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn (John Wayne) has his badge taken by Judge Parker (John McIntire) because of his ways of beating crime, and he can only earn it back permanently if he goes to a village that has been attacked. In this village is Eula Goodnight (Katharine Hepburn, playing a character similar to that in The African Queen), who had her father Rev. Goodnight (Jon Lormer) killed by the villains, and she and Wolf (Richard Romancito) are the only survivors. Rooster takes them with him both to help her get her revenge, and also get the dangerous nitroglycerin explosives in a cart from them. Also starring Licence to Kill's Anthony Zerbe as Breed, Richard Jordan as Hawk, Strother Martin as McCoy, Paul Koslo as Luke, Jack Colvin as Red, Lane Smith as Leroy, Warren Vanders as Bagby, Jerry Gatlin as Nose, Mickey Gilbert as Hambone, Chuck Hayward as Jerry and Tommy Lee as Chen Lee. It may be more chatty and not a big amount of action, but the leading characters are fun to watch both bickering and getting to know each other, and when the action is on it is almost as engaging as the previous film. Good!
Review of Rooster Cogburn
