The Stand at Paxton County

This film is a surprise, predictable plot - but for some reason I found it very compelling and interesting, it has a slow first half as it sets up the characters and main story line. It also identifies some serious issues with the way that laws are made, applied and abused.

It's not best picture material, but it doesn't deserve the negative reviews. It's "flyover country" problems, but those too are real problems. It shows how corrupt well-intentioned laws can become. Very good.

It's a 6 quality movie, but a 9 quality message, so it gets a 7.

The end is way to much 80's - 90's style, contrived, but the first 3/4 of it is really good.

The message is that no matter how nice and froofy Humane Society NAZIs pretend to be, they are out to kill you, the animals, anything alive that they can get their bloody hands on, while smiling and praising themselves and making money from it. There are a lot of people that care for animals and people out there, but they don't work for humane organizations or government.

This movie is based on a true story and illustrates the what happens when you have corrupt people in positions of authority. It is well worth watching as a lesson in history of what can happen when bad people get into positions of power.

The first thing that jumps out on me is that the Fergus Falls newspaper is in the WRONG state. Fergus Falls is in MN. I was in ND when this was going on, it was a terrible story but why make things up? Good movie once you get over the errors.