BULLETS OVER DALLAS is a Spanish western devoid of intention and interest. The film itself is a low budget effort with the action centred in and around a single small town, which is no big problem in itself as dozens of similar movies found their ways around similar constraints to become solid entertainment. Not so this one. The story is more detective fiction than western adventure, and the film is saddled with one of the weakest heroes ever.
The hero is played by Carlos Quiney as one of the weakest and most unappealing protagonists seen in a western. He shows no affinity with action and spends the entire running time getting beaten up and abused by the various underlings hired by the film's major villain. After these beatings he seems to take a long time to recover as well, and then it's time for the next. He's hardly the kind of guy you can get behind. Otherwise there are the requisite gun-fights and plot about land grabbing and the building of a rail road, but it's all a big disappointment. The dubbed-in English voices of the female singers is also a big embarrassment.
The hero is played by Carlos Quiney as one of the weakest and most unappealing protagonists seen in a western. He shows no affinity with action and spends the entire running time getting beaten up and abused by the various underlings hired by the film's major villain. After these beatings he seems to take a long time to recover as well, and then it's time for the next. He's hardly the kind of guy you can get behind. Otherwise there are the requisite gun-fights and plot about land grabbing and the building of a rail road, but it's all a big disappointment. The dubbed-in English voices of the female singers is also a big embarrassment.
