65
Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83ColliderColliderSure, it might not be The Searchers or Rio Bravo, but The War Wagon deserves a share of the praise The Duke’s more well-renowned movies regularly get.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperThe War Wagon is that comparative rarity, a Western filmed with quiet good humor.
- A thoroughly enjoyable way to spend 101 minutes.
- 70Time OutTime OutNo masterpiece, but very engaging.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA rollicking 1967 Burt Kennedy work, stars John Wayne and features an ingeniously planned heist plot. [21 May 1995, p.6]
- 60Village VoiceAndrew SarrisVillage VoiceAndrew SarrisThe War Wagon is good for a few laughs and some spectacle while John Wayne and Kirk Douglas are taking Bruce Cabot and an outlandishly armored wagon apart. [14 Sep 1967, p.31]
- 50The New York TimesBosley CrowtherThe New York TimesBosley CrowtherThe Wayne-Douglas Western looks like something that the two saddle-sore stars cooked up to kill time and make a little money... It's not a bad picture, just obvious.