Dead Men

Someone here wrote that this film attempts to combine a lot of western related historical themes into a single plot. This viewer is right. We can see frontier family blood feuds, land claim disputes, organized crime, political corruption, Native American culture and conflicts. Despite the flashbacks... or maybe because of them... I didn't find the plot confusing. However, I do think less story would have been more! Though I was looking forward to watching a long western I do think this story is way too long for one movie. It's dragging and it suffers from poor acting. I didn't even mind that the firearms didn't fit the time the story took place in. But it literally did hurt watching the very stupid and naive main character tumbling from one mishap into the next.

I have never written a movie review before but this one just demanded one, perhaps to save some other souls from spoiling their evening. I had so looked forward to watching a 3 hour western because I really enjoy westerns. Fifteen minutes into the movie, my husband and I turned and looked at each other and both made a disparaging remark on the movie. My husband finally fell asleep and I forced myself to watch the entire thing. I kept hoping it would get better but it never did. This movie plays like it was produced and directed by a 10 year old. Sure does, right down to the part where the two men spit in their hands then shake on something. The movie is all over the place, no clear direction. Near the beginning, my husband states, "What just happened?" It was as if a scene was added to the movie that absolutely did not belong. The dialog was really very bad. The movie does not give endings to the main situations within it so if you watch it all in hopes of learning what will happen to certain people or of certain events, you will be sadly disappointed. This movie deserves a rating of 1 but I gave it a 3, only because you could see how hard the cast was trying and for the beautiful horses.

Do NOT watch this! It's three hours long and not worth Three minutes of anyone's time.

I didn't find it too bad but having watched Justified, 1883 and the somewhat fictionalised American Primeval this didn't:t stand a chance really. So.manybof them look.alike with their hats and unshaven faces. I am seriously having trouble with Vance. He looks like the ex Cavalry friend of the brother:s father who got shot and I thought was dead but if it's him alive he now seems in cahoots with Coles. As an ex Army Officer I expect him to be superlative in the art of battle but I just cannot for the life of me figure out the guy with the one eye, exactly. I don't intend giving out spoilers here.

Movie id a great job of making the viewer hate the villain but what happened to the villain at the end?