Comanche Moon

Regular airtime: 9pm ET (CBS)

Cast: Val Kilmer, Steve Zahn, Rachel Griffiths, Karl Urban, Linda Cardellini, Elizabeth Banks, Wes Studi, Adam Beach, Keith Robinson

US release date: 13 January 2008

[13 January 2008]

by Cynthia Fuchs

PopMatters Film and TV Editor

Fighting Men

The most outrageous and most pleasurable element in Comanche Moon, Inish Scull (Val Kilmer) is also its strangest, least plausible, and most convincing incarnation of "history."

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Clearly the most interesting “element”, as Ms. Fuchs would phrase it, is Steve Zahn; not Val Kilmer.  Ms. Fuch’s for a reason known only to herself, doesn’t even mention Zahn in her review.  Mr. Kilmer only uses the vehicle as an opportunity to go over the top.  Steve Zahn remains true to McRae’s character as created by Robert Duvall. Zahn captured the physical movements, voice inflections and emotions of McCrae as originally created by Duvall. This was after all a prequel, bringing audiences back to a familiar character.  Despite the lightweight script he was given, Steve Zahn was the only heavyweight in this film.

Comment by Eric from Kentucky — January 17, 2008 @ 11:11 am

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