Movies 4 You: Timeless Westerns [Blu-ray]

Good Blu-ray quality!
Timeless Media Group did a pretty good job on transferring these four films to Blu-ray. There are two disks with two films on each. The special features included are film trailers and interviews by Fred Williamson, Jim Kelly and William Katt. All movies are in Widescreen format and a total runtime of 423mins. Here are the films included and my review of the quality of them.

"Rio Conchos" (1964/2.35:1 Widescreen) 4/5
-Stuart Whitman, Richard Boone, Tony Franciosa, Wende Wagner, Jim Brown; Directed by Gordon Douglas
Overall the quality of this movie was quite good with sharp and clear picture. The audio sounds really good with "dts-HD Master Audio 2.0" and sounds great on a 5.1 system. At some points, during dark parts it doesn't look as sharp.
"Take a Hard Ride" (1975/1.78:1 Widescreen) 3.5/5
-Lee Van Cleef, Jim Brown, Fred Williamson, Catherine Spaak, Jim Kelly, Barry Sullivan, Harry Carey Jr,; Directed by Anthony M. Dawson
Overall the quality is...

Good Westerns, GREAT Value....nice bonus features!
all add up to a 5 star recommendation!

I'm a huge James Coburn fan and I picked this up just for "The Last Hard Men" and it looks great! I figured for the price I was getting 3 free "bonus" films. Well the three other films are not all that bad, in fact Butch and Sundance the Early Years was far from the rip off of the great original Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid [Blu-ray] that I've always assumed and was enjoyable. I also enjoyed the 10 minute interview with Sundance himself , William Katt. On the other Disc I found a bit of buried treasure in Rio Conchos which featured some legendary actors and a nice 2:35 anamorphic picture! The last movie "Take A Hard Ride" is for my money far lesser than the others but enjoyable in its own right and came along with two very very interesting bonus interviews with Fred "The Hammer" Williamson and the late great Jim Kelly.

I'm not used to budget...

PLEASE GIVE USE SOME MORE!
So far the best western bargain on Blu-ray this year. I have bought RIO CONCHOS in every incarnation to date and never has it looked this good. It was worth the price alone. I would have bought THE LAST HARD MEN as a single as well. The other two titles are a delightful bonus. Having Jerry Goldsmith score 3 of the 4 titles is another plus. Now if Timeless media can empty the rest of the FOX unclaimed westerns such as FROM HELL TO TEXAS,100 RIFLES and STAGECOACH 1966 we could call it a clean slate.

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