Canaan, a mysterious gunfighter left nearly blind from Civil War combat, roams through Mexico with a baby he has sworn to protect. On his way to a town where a family will supposedly adopt the baby, Canaan passes through a border town where U.S. Cavalry officers assigned to deliver a shipment of silver are under attack from bandits. With some reluctance, Canaan steps in to help the soldiers.
Acting
Assante commits so hard you forgive everything else.
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI gunplay hits different, even when it misses.
Direction
Spence knows exactly what movie he's making.
Director
Richard Spence
Armand Assante
Canaan
Elisabeth Shue
Caroline
Robert Davi
Alacran
Adam Baldwin
Sgt. Hastings
Ian McElhinney
Father Malone
Danny Nucci
Roberto
M.C. Gainey
Bull
Titus Welliver
Sumner
Jack Black
Private
Michael O'Neill
Spencer Heymen
Douglas Roberts
Capt. Teller
Gary Carlos Cervantes
Luis
Jesse Dabson
Pvt. Wilcox
Jimmy Herman
Shaman
Clayton Landey
Ernie Fowler
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Assante did many of his own stunts, insisting the blindness choreography feel physically authentic rather than performative.
Part of a brief 90s wave of revisionist TV westerns trying to recapture Leone magic on cable budgets—most failed, this one nearly didn't.
US
