Bad Girls (1994)

Bad Girls: Directed by Jonathan Kaplan. With Madeleine Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson, Andie MacDowell, Drew Barrymore. Four prostitutes join together to travel the Old West.

“Directed by Jonathan Kaplan, succeeding Tamra Davis which was fired after a few days of filming a more u0026#39;artsyu0026#39; oriented film and it was an obvious replacement choice, because Kaplan have proved to be a good director of women. He directed Kelly McGillis and Academy Award winner for her role, Jodie Foster in u0026quot;The Accusedu0026quot;; Glenn Close and Mary Stuart Masterson in u0026quot;Immediate Familyu0026quot; and the Academy Award nominee for her role, Michelle Pfeiffer in u0026quot;Love Fieldu0026quot;, but unfortunelly the underdeveloped re-written script wasnu0026#39;t au pair with its famed director and the rushed production, after several changes made to its cast and crew, didnu0026#39;t help either.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe cast features the beautiful brunette, Madeleine Stowe (joining Kaplan again after playing Kurt Russellu0026#39;s wife in u0026quot;Unlawful Entryu0026quot; 2 years prior) as Cody Zamora, the leader of the 4 honky tonk harlots turned outlaws after Cody killed a wealthy customer, which was abusing one of her girls, Anita Crown, played by the sweet u0026#39;girl next dooru0026#39; blondie, Mary Stuart Masterson (u0026quot;At Close Rangeu0026quot;, u0026quot;Benny u0026amp; Joonu0026quot;, u0026quot;Fried Green Tomatoesu0026quot;).nAndie MacDowell, (u0026quot;Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apesu0026quot;, u0026quot;Sex, Lies and Videotapeu0026quot;, u0026quot;Four Weddings and a Funeralu0026quot;), who never was a great actress to begin it, plays Eileen Spenser in her natural southern accent, but sheu0026#39;s the u0026#39;elephant in the roomu0026#39; here and blonde bombshell, Drew Barrymore (u0026quot;Poison Ivyu0026quot;, u0026quot;Screamu0026quot;, u0026quot;The Wedding Singeru0026quot;), in one of her sexiest roles ever, plays the wild Lily Laronette in which Sharon Stone took notice to create her character in u0026quot;The Quick and the Deadu0026quot; (u0026#39;95)u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe male cast is composed by Dermot Mulroney, who can surely ride a horse after his roles in u0026quot;Young Gunsu0026quot; and u0026quot;The Last Outlawu0026quot;, but lacks charisma and screen presence, playing the good farmer turned gunfighter; James LeGros (u0026quot;Drugstore Cowboyu0026quot;, u0026quot;Point Breaku0026quot;), who just canu0026#39;t act, playing the naive young rancher and the screen veteran, Robert Loggia (u0026quot;Somebody Up There Likes Meu0026quot;, u0026quot;An Officer and a Gentlemanu0026quot;, u0026quot;Jagged Edgeu0026quot;) and the forever baddie, James Russo (u0026quot;Extremitiesu0026quot;, u0026quot;Cotton Clubu0026quot;, u0026quot;Weu0026#39;re No Angelsu0026quot;) as father and son playing nasty pistoleros.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe movie is similar to u0026quot;Young Gunsu0026quot; (u0026#39;88), minus the real life characters, like if it was intended to be a female version of that film, but lacks the production quality, the better script and staging of the action scenes present in the Christopher Cain film.nSome scenes are routine directed, almost approaching the made-for-TV films; the editing leaves much to be desire and some situations doesnu0026#39;t even make sense at all, just for the sake of a hour and a half of a popcorn flick to entertain the less demanding audiences.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe best of it, itu0026#39;s the 4 leading actresses, if youu0026#39;re a fan of Madeleine, Mary, Andie or Drew, youu0026#39;ll be thrilled to watch them ride together in this action / drama / romance / western film set around 1895, a year before the Klondike Gold Rush.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eKudos to the cover art of the poster, 4 beautiful ladies turned bad girls is always a joy to watch.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI give it a 6.5u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eRecommended, but not expect u0026quot;Unforgivenu0026quot; or u0026quot;Open Rangeu0026quot;….”