I can't say that I approve of cockfighting, but I did enjoy this Roger Corman produced redneck flick. This stars the much underrated Warren Oates as the lead . He plays Frank and he is on a vow of silence until he wins the cockfighting championship. Harry Dean Stanton also appears and is another talented actor that I would watch reading a phonebook. This film takes the viewer into the world of cockfighting and is very southern and very gritty. This is a drama/ neo western that I found to be somewhat similar to Junior Bonner with Steve McQueen or Clint Eastwood 's more recent Cry Macho. Thematically it's much different than those films, but is a honest character study with good performances where Warren Oates conveys a wide range of emotions with minimal dialogue.
Review of Cockfighter
