Silverado (Silverado)

This is the story of four cowboys who join up together, ride into town, refuse to knuckle under to the corrupt sheriff and end up fighting for justice. This is a story, you will agree, that has been told before. What distinguishes Kasdan's telling of it is the style and energy he brings to the project. The cowboys include a sweet-faced young man who hopes to make his fortune, his goofy brother, a black man who vows to avenge his father's murder and a taciturn loner who gets restless when he's not a long way from civilisation. Joining up they ride on into the next town, Silverado, which is dominated by the slick sheriff Cobb and a gambling saloon run by a formidably competent little woman named Stella. (Roger Ebert)