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Nude Celebs: Juliette Lewis - Part of the problem with this 2004 western is it didn't know what it wanted to be, let alone what it wanted to be called. Titled Blueberry in the movies, and called Renegade in the DVD release, it's a western, drug story, and an Indian Shaman story all wrapped into one. Unfortunately, they don't blend well.
When he is young, Blueberry's prostitute-girlfriend is killed during an argument with a gunman. During the ensuing fire, Blueberry barely escapes with his life.
Years later, now a U. S. Marshal, Blueberry confronts the same gunslinger who is trying to get gold from the Indian's sacred mountain. Its during the later part of the movie that things get really weird as an Indian Shaman helps him confront the gunman with the use of peyote. Unfortunately, director Jan Kounen felt it was necessary to subject the audience to several minutes of snakes and other CGI crawlies to illustrate the effects of the peyote. Supposedly, he researched this with actual South American shamans before doing it, but it's just a giant time waster, and looks basically dumb.
The movie was supposedly loosely based on a comic book, and I liked part of it. On top of that, the scenery and photography was spectacular. Sadly, it was impossible to ignore the other part, so the effort as a whole was disappointing.
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