TrueJoshNight
Truly Dreadful Film
Comwayon
A Disappointing Continuation
Baseshment
I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.
Tayyab Torres
Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
westernNewt
Yes, like many, we fell for the false advertising on the DVD box and paid good money to watch this movie. It takes about 5-10 minutes of watching this movie to realize it should be moved from the 'Western' genre to the comedy category. The movie is more along the lines of a Mel Brooks flick since so much of it is plain laughable! First, exactly how many sheriffs does this town have? And did fat sheriff #4 not get a horse with his job? Instead we see him huffing and puffing after he WALKED to his friend's ranch to warn the wife of danger - that is when he remembered his lines. We didn't know that old west towns had Home Depot windows, used a single person to paint all the business signs and favored the color purple. For all the action this town saw it sure had lovely grass-covered streets. We can definitely see why they needed additional security in this movie since the bank's doors look like cardboard painted by 1st grader who could not color between the lines. We loved the miraculous healing of the dead and wounded. Not only do the dead resurrect and the wounds move to different body parts by the next scene, but they are completely healed by the next scene. The only thing we must note is that the death toll in this movie is pretty low since no one can shoot the broad side of the barn. And finally the hero: the 'sharp' shooter. We are not sure what he was sharp at, but a 'shooter' he was not. We cheered when he finally blew up the pretty little new and blue camp coffee pot from Walmart after going through at least two boxes of shells. As far as David Carradine, he would have been better casted as the dead body in the coffin. I'm sure his training in the martial arts would have allowed him to hold his breath longer and play dead better then the person that held that role. And don't forget the mystery of the long lost daughter - did she morph into the spinster who got all the goods in the end?
BastardJack
The only thing I rented this for was because I am a huge David Carradine fan and have been for many years. The movie box misleads the potential renter/buyer into thinking David is the main character..for those of you who didn't look up the synopsis of the movie online first. David would be furious if he saw just how amateurish this movie came across as and I'm thinking had he lived he would have had a few things to say about it. He was great...the rest was a total disgrace. The director, camera work, dialogue, set decor, sound, picture and acting were sub par by professional standards.Poor script, poor delivery of a poor script. David again was "the rock" and steadily delivered as he has always done. One part at the beginning of the movie had the dialogue voiced over (so it had the look of lip syncing - you could see how some of it was not matched/synced well) simply because it was a wider picture of several cowboys in a green field of some kind...and obviously they couldn't afford proper sound equipment to use the original dialogue that was spoken in the scene I.E. a boom mic for starters. Characters seemingly made out of cardboard, emotionless delivery, terrible camera work..I remarked while watching it that if I didn't know better you would think a few acting school graduates had gotten together to make a movie using home video equipment on a shoestring budget. The premise of the movie is excellent - HAD THEY HAD THE BUDGET TO ACHIEVE THEIR LOFTY GOALS. You can't do a grand western on no money...and on the box it compares this movie to The Outlaw Josey Wales..that is laughable. My biggest issue aside from this other crap is the fact that Mr. Carradine has a supporting role and on the box you are led to believe he is the main star of the film. The images are all him in dramatic pose with gun in hand and you think "man this sounds like it could be really good". How many people have been suckered into renting this? Using David's image and name to sell this amateur garbage is the real disgrace..pure and simple. If you want to see a great latter day David Carradine movie, go and rent/buy Son Of The Dragon. You'll be surprised just how good that one is..as you will be/were surprised how terrible this one is/was. I would think they spent most of their movie money on getting David into the film..and then scrimped on everything else. Sorry, this was a total bomb..and I have been a fan of westerns for 30 years. The guy above saying don't listen to the negative reviews is no doubt inspired to say so by personal financial interests in seeing this film succeed.Forget it, avoid it..at all costs.
drklabs
This is the scariest movie number 0. If you attempt to watch this film i feel sorry for you .It is a very bad attempt to shoot a western film .After a couple of scenes you can realize that it is unwatchable is the kind of movies that even if they pay you you don't go to watch.I m not gonna refer to the script as there's not any script.This is the kind of movie that everyone in the neighborhood can shoot with a video camera running at the streets filming and everybody will shout go away with your camera stop it !The actors were like they saying go away with your camera stop filming at me! think that some guns were so rusty as they took it for free from the dead grandpa's house decoration above the fireplace and it is impossible to shoot with rusty rifles like this and the guy was holding it like it was a baseball bat.Jesus this is the ugly the ugly and the ugly movie.I am wondering how many different films people from this production made in a single week.If this movie will come as a gift in Christmas i will stop believing in Santa Claus ...
TahoeKiter
This truly is one of the worst, if not "the" worst westerns I've ever seen for various reasons. I like most westerns and I would likely give some leeway for theatrical mistakes or bad camera work. But this one hits the mark on all things bad. The actors, perhaps with the exception of David Carradine and Jim Hilton, for the most part wouldn't make it in a dog food commercial. The dialog was dry and the deliveries were worse than a "B" rated porno. As for the location scenery, it was very good. But the set design and construction was right up there with current building standards. I did not realize they had plywood and parquet flooring back then. You can even see attic venting made out of aluminum.As for the main actor (Jim Hilton) being an expert at shooting a long rifle, his ability at the dramatic scene lets the viewer somewhat dumbfounded. Come on, ten shots from 20 feet and not one man drops? The story line is taken from several other "Great" movies and blended with pure amateur high school movie making.Again, I have to say, don't waste pop corn money on this one.