Murder at Yellowstone City

This movie could have been a real murder mystery movie..instead a bunch of people just died for nothing...don't waste your time with this.... I can't believe I wasted 2 hours on this.

Actors were not bad but awful story and script or poor direction or I'm walking too ahead of time. People need to experience life and study filmmaking before trying their hand on it.

A rather unusual western, with an unusual topic, but there was something missing, something really surprising, even tragic, and in terms of mystery western, I highly prefered FIVE CARDS STUD, and I also expected something better with the likes of Gabriel Byrne and Tim Roth. During the viewing, I was waiting for some good lines, because some scenes are not that foreseeable, nealy shocking, but the overall result is for me run of the mill, poorly average. No really, I was deceived by such a poor ending, destined, I guess, to silly audiences, whom I refuse to belong to. Westerns from the 2020'S should bring something new, refreshing, surprising elements. I don't think that should be so difficult. But that's not a junk, garbage stuff either. Let's be fair. I found very unusual and riveting the relationship between the young serial killer - very rare in a western - and the young lady, who fights for him. Very rare. Good point.

Lots of well-known faces in what is quite possibly the one of the worst westerns I've seen. I only queued this up because of some of the actors.

I was bored.. so terribly bored after the opening 5 minutes... it's dialog... all dialog... not good dialog.. just dialog... for an hour an a half.. then something happens in the last 10 minutes as well.

Frankly the filmmakers would have to pay be a hefty fee to sit through this thing a second time.

Don't bother.

A former slave arrives in Yellowstone City, Montana, a desolate former boomtown now on the decline, looking for a place to call home. On that same day, a local prospector discovers gold - and is murdered.

It's not a bad story, and not a bad TV movie. But it's not a great film and won't be one you'd watch twice. The acting is not what you'd expect off a good quality cast, but it befits a low grade TV movie. There's lot's of gunfights, sadly badly orchestrated and no continuity in them. The pace is good, which is a godsend because the film is too long by 30 minutes. There's lots of sets which all look brand new, but the church is almost laughable with it's black cardboard windows, and the costumes look as if they've just been made, with no wear at all. There's some great goofs, one being the pistol that ex gunfighter Thaddius Murphy has, which is put into it's holster the wrong way round! Glamour is provided by the lovely Anna Camp, and DEI casting courtesy of a gay couple. All in all it's not awful, if you have nothing else at all to watch then this will do to fill in a gap. But don't sit down to purposefully watch it or you will be saddened. I gave it a 4 because it wasn't bottom of the barrel, but it wasn't anywhere near the top either.