Just saw this movie on DVD. It was packaged with the Robert Redford classic Jeremiah Johnson, so why not give it a shot? I'm only writing a review, because I saw some other reviews that were positive, and I wanted to set the record straight (not that anybody cares what I have to say, nor do they care about this forgotten film which should stay forgotten). This movie is very dumb, even for its time. The first 5 minutes were interesting. Then it became weak, but classic. Then it became just plain weak. At first, I thought it was a poor man's Romancing the Stone, but it's worse than that. When I rate a movie 1-10, I would say that a 10 is a movie like The Godfather, while a 1 is a scratchy student film that shouldn't leave the classroom. Anything 5 or below is bad filmmaking. Maybe I'm being generous with this 5 out of 10 rating.
Review of Mother Lode
