I was vaguely familiar with the story of Gary Tison, a convicted murder who escaped from prison in Arizona and, along with a fellow escapee and his three sons, murdered several people in an attempt toe scape across the Mexican border. But I'm only vaguely familiar with Tison's story so I can't say too much about the historical accuracy of the film. (Based on some quick reading the story seems accurate enough.) As for the film itself, though, it was a decent enough story, but strangely lacking in depth or even sustained suspense. Tyson was well played by Robert Patrick, but to be honest no one e4lse in the cast really stood out to me. They were competent enough - no disastrous performances, but nothing spectacular either. The depiction of the prison escape seemed just too easy to me, and beyond that, aside from the murders of the two families they encountered, much of the movie seemed a bit dry to me. I was especially curious about why the writers felt the need to place so much emphasis on the relationship between Tison's wife Dorothy and the local young newspaper reporter. It didn't really add either depth or substance to the movie.
I'd call this a time waster. I understand there was another movie made about this incident with a higher profile cast that I may choose to check out at some point. This one gets 5/10.
