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| | Amazon.com: El Dorado: DVD: Howard Hawks,John Wayne,Robert Mitchum,James Caan,Charlene Holt,Paul Fix,Arthur ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | But in El Dorado the heroes are a bit older, their powers a bit weaker; at the end Wayne must revert to a bit of subterfuge in order to get the drop on the steely gunslinger (ice-cold Christopher George) he needs to put down. |
 | | The scenes of hung-over Mitchum and half-paralyzed Wayne shooting their way through the streets of El Dorado determined to hold their own are quite exciting and enjoyable, and it is this aspect of the movie, this negotiation with age and character, that brings its greatest successes. |
 | | But here is "El Dorado", firmly within the middle: a film aware enough of its own age to be interesting, but lacking enough ambition or energy to solve this dilemma. |
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