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Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.: The Complete Series (DVD)
It’s 1890s in the American West, and Brisco County, Jr. (Bruce Campbell)–Harvard Law graduate and son of the greatest sharp-shooting sheriff in the land–believes, wide-eyed, in the idea of a brighter tomorrow. In a world of dusty towns, stagecoaches, outlaws, shoot-outs and sexy saloon singers, Brisco stumbles into the wildest, craziest adventures imaginable. Join the fun and hold on tight for The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
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A science fiction-Western and comedy-drama with echoes of The Wild Wild West and Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.: The Complete Series is uniquely entertaining. Anchored by the comically heroic style of likable B-movie actor Bruce Campbell, Adventures lasted one television season in 1993-94. But it left at the back of a full 27 episodes (including two two-part stories) full of classic TV Western production values and a running storyline that resembles The X-Files after awhile.
Campbell plays Brisco County Jr., a bounty hunter and son of a legendary U.S. marshal (R. Lee Ermey) gunned down by the villainous John Bly (Billy Drago) and his band of misfits. The younger Brisco is hired by a consortium of businessmen to give protection to their interests from the likes of Bly, and at the same time as he’s dedicated to that cause, Brisco is also decided to avenge his father’s murder. Helping him do a little of both is a fussy attorney, Socrates Poole (Christian Clemenson); a rival bounty hunter, Lord Bowler (Julius Carry); a wacky inventor, Professor Wickwire (John Astin); and a sultry saloon singer, Dixie (Kelly Rutherford). Rockets, mysterious orbs, and superhuman strength are one of the crucial delightfully out-of-their-element phenomena that find themselves alongside more conventional cowpoke ingredients, including a horse so smart he can chew the ropes binding Brisco’s hands. For the most part, the stories stand alone. But as the season progresses, numerous things get weirder, albeit in a great way: the truth about Bly and his connection to a golden orb everyone wants, for example, are certainly unexpected. But the show is all the time dazzling, ceaselessly satiric (“Oy!” Dixie exclaims when Brisco outlines the steps involved in stopping a runaway wagon they are trapped within), yet heartening in an old-fashioned way. Special features include Campbell’s reading of a chapter about the series in his autobiography. –Tom Keogh
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