every so often the action grinds to a halt when Billy-as-Gunfighter delivers a sanctimonious lecture on fidelity, honor, or racial injustice. It's a throwback to an earlier age of swashbuckling, but the blend with contemporary bleeding heart attitudes makes the film seem hypocritical.' Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film 1 star out of 4 and wrote, 'The Master Gunfighter' reminds me of a made-for-television movie: The story is forever being interrupted by messages from the sponsor. Apart from that, there is little to recommend it.' Joseph McBride of Variety called it ' curious blend of amateurish plotting and slick production values,' adding that 'John Wayne never killed so many bad guys as Laughlin does in this film, and Errol Flynn at his most spectacular lacked the uncanny fighting skills Laughlin displays here. I don't think there's any way an intelligent moviegoer could sit through this mess and accurately describe the plot afterward.' Richard Eder of The New York Times wrote, It is long, stilted, self-conscious, badly acted and boring. Film critic Roger Ebert was harsh in his criticism of the film, writing, 'The movie opens with a long-winded narration, in a hapless attempt to orient us, but not long afterward the narrator has to break in again-we're lost already.
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