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Summary: Where's the big shoot-out?
Comment: Alcoholic former sheriff, Preston Biggs (Kevin Sorbo) is hired to transport three mail-order brides (Jillian Armenante, Dominique Swain and Felicia Day), all of whom have seemingly gone crazy from living in wide open spaces, from a small Western town to the nearest railway station. Along the way, he picks up another woman, former con-artist Olivia Thibodeaux (Jamie Anne Allman), who is on the run from her partner (Lance Hendriksen).
"Prairie Fever" is a pleasant, inoffensive, straight-to-DVD Western that kept me entertained for its 81 minute duration, but isn't all that good. The story is predictable, the acting is second rate (Kevin Sorbo isn't all that bad, nor is Jamie Anne Allman, but as usual, Dominique Swain is an embarrassment, and Armenante and Day aren't all that great either) and the ending is a disappointment. With three sets of villains chasing our heroes, you would think that the film would be heading towards a big shoot-out as its grand finale, and yet, instead, the film just ends. It is really just the likeable personality of Sorbo that makes this film work. For fans of Sorbo, this film is worth watching, but otherwise, give it a miss.
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Summary: Review of Prairie Fever
Comment: Excellent product, as always exceptional service. Received quickly and as advertized. Great Movie if you are a Western fan.
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Summary: Entertaining movie
Comment: Loved this movie, but then I love most things with Kevin Sorbo. He's funny and sexy and a very good actor. This was a fun, entertaining movie, with heart and humor. Would highly recommend it.
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Summary: Sorbo delivers another great performance!
Comment: After his solid performance in Avenging Angel,I wasn't sure what to expect from Kevin Sorbo in Prairie Fever. He didn't disappoint. Here he plays a down and out ex-sheriff,driven to the bottle by grief & guilt after losing his wife in a bank heist gone awry. He gets a chance at redemption when he agrees to transport three women,all suffering from prairie fever,back to civilization. Along with sharpshooter Olivia,who he first saw in the Clearwater saloon,he battles not only the desert,but two guys he put in prison years earlier and the husband of one of the women he's been paid to transport. Also on their trail is Olivia's partner,Monte,played superbly by Lance Henrickson. It all makes for one heck of an adventure. Included in the dvd are two interesting interviews,one with Kevin Sorbo and the other with Henrickson. If you love westerns,you should definitely add this one to your collection!
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Summary: 17 brides and 3 returns
Comment: The west was made by mail order brides.Sarah Plain & Tall Collection [Gold Crown Collector's Edition] is about one such lady.
This is the second Kevin Sorbo western I've seen, and I think this is better
than the first. It is well filmed and very well acted.
Dealing with the frontier is not easy even for those brought up on hardship.
If you subtract love and friendship. it can break people.
Here we have a good and bad outcome and more than one redeemed soul.
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