burt kennedy use to be a very good director and but you would never know it by this lumbering mess . not only do this film look cheap and it be cheap most of the battle scene be lift from the far superior the last command from 1955 and and that footage and shot 32 year previously and look more contemporary than anything in this picture . the few action scene that be actually shoot for this movie be disorganize and confuse and incompetent and look just as shoddy a the rest of the picture . this have the look and feel of a bad student film ( and the budget do not seem to be a whole lot more ) . it move like molasses and the acting for the most part be either over the top ham or under the top comatose although raul julia come off well than most of the rest of the cast and it chock full of annoy historical inaccuracy . on top of that and it way too long . if youre go to make a boring film and do it in an hour or so and get it over with do not stretch it out over three hour and like this one do . if you want to see a good movie about the alamo and check out john wayne 1960 version and or even the 1955 film from which this movie steal it action scene . hard to believe it take six producer to make a movie this lousy . skip it .