blaze saddle . it a fight between two estrange brother ( dennis quaid and arliss howard ) and both of whom can ignite fire mentally while they square off over childhood difference and with dippy love interest debra winger catch in the middle . director glenn gordon caron ( the tv whiz kid behind moonlight ) smother the darkly textured comedy in vince gilligan screenplay with a presentation so slick and the movie resemble an entry from an over enthusiastic film student on a fifteen million dollar grant . it have the prickly energy of a big commercial feature and but a shapeless style which bring out nothing from the character except their kooky eccentricity . these aren not even character and theyre plot function . barely release to theater and the film be a disaster and although strictly a an example of style over substance it do look good . winger be the only stand out in a cast which look truly perplexed . half from .