Morten_5 Let's start with the title: "Breakheart Pass." Isn't it wonderful? Short, powerful, almost a bit poetic. Then we have Bronson, the one and only, doing what he used to do. Adding to this, we have Jerry Goldsmith, legendary Jerry, may he rest in peace. Continuing with the landscapes, nicely and atmospherically captured by experienced DP Lucien Ballard, long- time collaborator of directors Henry Hathaway and Sam Peckinpah, among others. All in all, it's a pleasant train ride, with enough of great stuntman work and well-executed practical effects to keep you entertained all through the film.

Syxiepoo I was surprised to find that I had never before seen this movie, nor read the book. At first glance at the schedule, I had Heartbreak Ridge in mind, but it was clearly not that one. It's not an overly complex story-line, but it's a nicely structured screenplay, the photography and effects are excellent, and the cast, so many of whom are very well known from movies of the 70s, translate it into a very enjoyable cinematic event. It has several worthwhile twists and turns along the way, and concludes very satisfactorily. I have quite varied tastes in movies, ranging across all genres and styles. In the case of this movie, I must have found it to be very good, because I'm now about to order the DVD.

carbuff Classic old Charles Bronson Western. Considering its age, it's got decent acting, decent plot, and decent film work. Nothing spectacular, nothing great, but, and there's that word again, decent entertainment. I grew up on this stuff, so there's the added nostalgia factor at work for me; however, my conscience is completely clear recommending this movie if you're looking for a solid, basically conventional, older Western. For me, there's the added bonus that they couldn't rely on computer-generated special effects way back then and actually had to build and wreck stuff outside of the matrix. Mockingly, I feel the need to suggest that they must have gone through gallons and gallons of ketchup simulating blood while filming this movie, or, possibly, people actually used to bleed ketchup and somehow it just escapes my memory (there must be a vampire joke in there somewhere about humans and condiments). So, summarizing, while it's a bit of a throw-away movie, it's done well enough that you're unlikely to feel like you've lost a portion of your life to it. Maybe that's a backhanded compliment, but, from bitter and unfortunate experience, it's still a worthwhile compliment.

sol ***SPOILERS*** Action adventure super star Charles Bronson doesn't disappoint his fans in the movie "Breakheart Pass" as the wanted for arson murder cheating in poker and not paying his dues desperado Deakin. On the lamb from the law Deakin who after purposely getting himself arrested reveals the true reason for his very uncivil behavior. Deakin is actually a top US Government Secret Agent, with a medical degree to boot, working undercover. It's Deakins job to uncover a plot to arm a band of rebellious Indians, who are off the reservation, with 400 the latest Winchesters 73's rifles to do in the local white settlers and the US Calvary!After winning the confidence of his captor, with his keen and incisive knowledge of infectious diseases, Marshal Pearce played by Ben Johnson Deakin is allowed to roam freely on the train that's on a mission of mercy to get desperately needed medical supply to Fort Humboltd that's in the mist of suffering from an out of control diphtheria epidemic! With all the so-called accidents that Engine #9 suffers on its trip to Fort Hhmboldt with it losing more then half of its crew and passengers, that included a full company of US troops, the very observant Deakin smells that something isn't exactly kosher on the train! And it isn't the pork chops that the cook Carlos played by former Light heavyweight Champion of the world Archie Moore is grilling! In fact it's later in the movie both Deakin & Carlos, or their stunt doubles, are involved in one of the most unbelievable life and death slug-fest ever filmed on top of the train going 50 miles an hours in the middle of a snowstorm!We and Deakin soon find out that it's the crooked and corrupt Governor of the Nevada Territory Richard Fairchild,Richard Cranne,and his band of motley underlings that includes the vicious murderous and mentally unstable hillbilly Levi Calhoun, Robert Tessier, who sold out their country to the Indians lead by Chief White Hand, Eddie Little Sky, for 30 or 300 or even 3,000, go pick a number, pieces of silver and gold that White Hand offered them for the guns camouflaged as medical supplies that the train is carrying!Of course it wouldn't be a Charles Bronson movie without his pretty English wife actress Jill Ireland, who unfortunately steals ever scenes that she's in with her husband, in it who plays Fraichild's lover Monica. It's Monica's father who's the commander of Fort Humboltd and, she's made to believe, is together with his men on the brink of death if the medical supplies doesn't get their in time!****SPOILERS**** You've just got to love this movie despite its skimpy and filled with plot holes storyline in it with a hard as a rock Charles Bronson playing a James Bond type character some 80 years before Bond ever came on the scene or in books and in the movies and amazingly be able to pull it off! As well as save the day with the help of about 200 members of the US Army Calvery who were supposed to be dead or dying from diphtheria coming to both his and Monica's as well as about the only good guy, besides Deakin & Monica, still alive on the train Maj. Claramont, Ed Leuter, rescue. It was Maj. Claramont who went out on his own, before the Indians attacked, to far off Fort Humboldt in order for him to fetch them.