A motivating film, worth seeing.

tmwest

Motivation is very important, always , but to Daniel Hackett a boy who hates the farm his father is giving his life for, mythological characters like Pecos Bill, John Henry and Paul Bunyan are just big lies. They are not real, but their courage and determination and the motivation they give, are as real as it gets, and they are going to make quite a man out of that boy. John Henry will compete with a steam powered hammer, Pecos Bill will ride a tornado, and Paul Bunyan has a blue ox sidekick (with whom he once dug the Grand Canyon). Pecos has a great black horse, the Widowmaker. Scott Glenn is J. P. Stiles one of the baddest guys you will ever meet and Patrick Swayze is an excellent Pecos Bill. A motivating film, worth seeing.

score 8/10

tmwest 13 September 2010

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