Michael Parks directs and stars in The Return of Josey Wales, the decade later follow up to the Clint Eastwood Western classic The Outlaw Josey Wales. In this installment, Josey is out to exact revenge on the corrupt police chief who killed two of his friends and imprisoned another. He has to leave his new life behind and return to his violent ways, as, per Western tradition, an eye for an eye is the law of the land. There are shootouts aplenty, with bullets flying every which way, in Parks’ only directorial outing. It is a confident effort, made all the better by his stoic portrayal of Josey, once again hitting another oater convention right on the head.
