The First Texan 1956
6.1 /10
After arriving in Texas to escape a scandal back east, lawyer Sam Houston just wants to hang out his shingle, keep a low profile, and stay out of any political intrigue. However, when President Jackson personally orders him to lead the fight for Texan independence, he overcomes his reluctance to become involved and leads his compatriots to a string of victories over the Mexican army.
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Full Cast & Crew
Sam Houston
Katherine Delaney
Jim Bowie
Henry Delaney
Don Carlos - magistrate
Lt. Baker
Deaf Smith - army scout
William Barrett Travis
Stephen Austin
Col. Cos (as Rodolfo Hoyos)
Col. Sam Sherman
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
Pepe
Davy Crockett
Col. Hockley
President Andrew Jackson (uncredited)
President Jackson's Aide (uncredited)
Priest (uncredited)
Pablo Dominguez (uncredited)
Col. James Fannin (uncredited)
Lopez (uncredited)
Delegate (uncredited)
Capt. Martin (uncredited)
Texan (uncredited)
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Mexican Horseman (uncredited)
Lt. Jack LeBlanc (uncredited)
Delegate (uncredited)
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Avengers Age of Ultron is an excellent sequel and a worthy MCU title! There are a lot of good and one thing that feels off in my opinion.
THE GOOD:
First off the action in this movie is amazing, to buildings crumbling, to evil blue eyed robots tearing stuff up, this movie has the action perfectly handled. And with that action comes visuals. The visuals are really good, even though you can see clearly where they are through the movie, but that doesn't detract from the experience. While all the CGI glory is taking place, there are lovable characters that are in the mix. First off the original characters, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye, are just as brilliant as they are always. And Joss Whedon fixed my main problem in the first Avengers by putting in more Hawkeye and him more fleshed out. Then there is the new Avengers, Quicksilver, Scarletwich, and Vision, they are pretty cool in my opinion. Vision in particular is pretty amazing in all his scenes.
THE BAD:
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10/10 because I'm a Marvel Fanboy
If there were not an audience for Marvel comic heroes than clearly these films would not be made, to answer one other reviewer although I sympathize with him somewhat. The world is indeed an infinitely more complex place than the world of Marvel comics with clearly identifiable heroes and villains. But I get the feeling that from Robert Downey, Jr. on down the organizer and prime mover as Iron Man behind the Avengers these players do love doing these roles because it's a lot of fun. If they didn't show that spirit of fun to the audience than these films would never be made.
So in that spirit of fun Avengers: Age Of Ultron comes before us and everyone looks like they're having a good time saving the world. A computer program got loose and took form in this dimension named Ultron and James Spader who is completely unrecognizable is running amuck in the earth. No doubt Star Trek fans took notice that this guy's mission is to cleanse the earth much like that old earth probe NOMAD which got its programming mixed up in that classic Star Trek prime story. Wouldst Captain James T. Kirk of the Enterprise had a crew like Downey has at his command.
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Pretend you're a kid again and enjoy, don't take it so seriously.
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"Avengers: Age of Ultron" is an entertaining adventure with impressive special effects and cast. The storyline might be better, since most of the characters do not show any chemistry. However, it is worthwhile watching this film since the amazing special effects are not possible to be described in words. Why Pietro has to die is also not possible to be explained. My vote is eight.
Cast & crew of
The First Texan
Directors & Credit Writers
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Stunts
Cast
Katherine Delaney
Jim Bowie
Henry Delaney
Don Carlos - magistrate
Lt. Baker
Deaf Smith - army scout
William Barrett Travis
Stephen Austin
Col. Cos (as Rodolfo Hoyos)
Col. Sam Sherman
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
Pepe
Davy Crockett
Col. Hockley
President Andrew Jackson (uncredited)
President Jackson's Aide (uncredited)
Priest (uncredited)
Pablo Dominguez (uncredited)
Col. James Fannin (uncredited)
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