First, it's easy to access at this point if only to research: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukZ0qaqpKs4 has the whole film.

Second, it's structured well for it. Plenty of long shots with only music carrying some scenes with mundane goings-on. Dialogue's spaced well for quick jabs. Characters are reliably archetypal.

Third, it's a good movie but it is what it is. Had four future Oscar winning actors in it. It's straight adventure genre pre-pulp, like Tin-Tin or whatever Indiana Jones is based off of. Ridiculously melodramatic but Saturday morning cartoon-vibed premise. (Dude steals a gem because he wants something out of the estate of his dad so he can fund his mom's lifestyle or something along those lines. The French Foreign Legion is involved.) Just the right level of special effects. (A model of the fort they find all the dead guys at in the beginning is obviously being destroyed by childrens' fireworks)

Fourth, allegedly the first showing of Gone with the Wind was like a dystopian version of a focus group showing: dude just had it play when a bunch of people thought they'd see Beau Geste instead, so instead of a two hour pre-World War II's version of Star Wars play on the screen they got Vivien Leigh for fourish hours. There's plenty to work with.

When a gang of thugs headed by a corrupt developer start murdering business owners of a small desert town, it's up to the "mysterious" dark rider to bring the justice! Also, something about toxic waste in the wells.

This instant classic is brought to us by AIP Studios, the people responsible for Firehead, which gives you an idea of what sort of film it will be. Dark Rider features 1) caricatures of real characters trying vainly to remember their timing, 2) Joe Estevez's sunglasses, 3) awkward jokes, 4) an unintentionally inept FBI agent, 5) awkward pauses, 6) pull zooms, 7) flannel, 8) a poisoned water hole, 9) motorcycle/car chase explosions!, 10) end credits power ballad, and much more!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101662/

The trailer is on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxbU9GBeRsI

For a longer taste of this cinemastic masterpiece and/or avoidance of having to see the entire movie, there's a 17 minute condensed version on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sLbKy-yG80

It's just spectacular. First of all the cast: DANNY GLOVER is the headliner for this movie, yet he spends the entire thing reading line that legitimately sound like he was still questioning the script. Then there's Rob Baard, the director and main actor of this flick. Then Roger Neave, who looks like every old actor you just can't place the name of but sounds like he's got Alzheimers. The plot takes place in about three present day scenes, flashbacks from 10 hours ago, 11 hours ago, 10 years ago and a few extras. It flows as well as flushing a box of rocks. The acting is all over the place, at one point the lead roars at dead people for about 6 seconds. There's just so much to say. The only issue is I don't think our Riffers could keep up with it.