My favorite western is called "Big Jake," and it stars my favorite actor who does western films, John Wayne. The movie is about Jacob McCandles, his two sons, James and Michael, his indian friend, and his dog "Dog." The plot is basically that Jabob's grandson, also named Jacob which is why John Wayne is "Big Jake," is kidnapped for ransom, a million dollars, which is quite a bit for old western times. I don't like spoiling things too much so let's just say that Jacob's old wife had a million dollars to give, but for various reasons she and Jacoc agreed on, the group delivered a chest filled with- something else. I won't say who, but out of the gang- Big Jake, his two sons, his friend, and his dog- two of them die trying to save "Little" Jake. But this film is full of great parts. Jake tries to cause trouble in a bar by hitting a man over the head with a pool stick, but it merely breaks over the guy's head and he takes down Jake easily. Then we have James called his father "Daddy" just to get under his skin, and that leads to some trouble, usually the funny kind though. Then Jake is taking a shower- which doesn't show anytihng- and a man comes in about to kill him, then you see the man lift his gun and the shower stall Jake is in gets blown off and you think Jake gets shot, but the movie cleverly makes you assume the opposite of what really happened. Jake had a gun he brought into the shower with him, and when the bad man lifted his gun, it was Jake that blew off the door by shooting the other man from the inside of the stall! But then we have my favorite character: Dog. He is amazingly intelligent. Jake doesn't have to tell him anything other than say his name, and Dog does exactly what he should do. Jake doesn't like a man and simply says, "Dog," and Dog attacks the man but doesn't kill him. Later when Jake wants someone dead and says, "Dog" he picks up on the situation and really tries to kill him. Plus, I love how a character in the end uses my all time favorite gun: a derringer. The smalled the gun, the more I like it, and that goes for the adjective "old" as well in referrence to guns I like. And I don't know of an old gun smaller than a derringer. This movie has so much suspense mixed with clever scenes and the right amount of humor. No western I have seen as of now can compare to it for me, and I watched this film many years ago and still watch westerns to this day, if that tells you anything. Later!
