The Legend of 5 Mile Cave

It seems that in the post-HBO Deadwood era producers and directors feel like they have to fill a Western film with profanity and gratuitous nudity to give it realistic grit. This film rejects that mentality. Now admittedly the production value and authenticity is not exactly stellar--in one of the first scenes Shooter Green is using a Henry Big Boy rifle, not introduced until 2003, but it passes for an Old West rifle--but it's not bad. The storyline was fairly easy to follow even though it switched back and forth from the Old West to the 1920's. The acting was fine. It has, as other reviewers have said, a typical Hallmark type production, but sometimes those films can knock it out of the park (the original Love Comes Softly movie, e.g.) This one might not rise to that level, but it was a fun movie that kept my attention and was not overly lengthy. It could have benefited by better costume design, as all the clothes were new, clean, and pressed at all times, which is not realistic for the Old West or even a farm in the 1920's. The shootout scenes also looked fairly fake, as the actors/stuntmen are seen holding guns as if they are as light as plastic toys, and there is no discernible recoil when shots are fired, which means they probably weren't real guns firing blanks but nonfiring props, and the shots were edited in digitally and a gunshot audio effect added.

67 yrs. old here. The movie is slightly reminiscent of the the goodness and morals of the 50's TV western. Production value, settings, and the transition from the old west to 1929 in the movie were somewhat weak. The hero, Shooter Greene, and the young boy were on the front porch of the farmhouse clarifying the truth of the book the boy was reading in one scene. I noticed there was vinyl ship lap siding on the house! there was no vinyl siding in 1929.

Some beautiful photography and great landscapes. Shooter Green- both young and old - looks good and is very convincing. I love a good western. But this was not Indiana Jones in the Wild West as the music might suggest. A good family western worthy of the 'Hallmark" channel where everything and everyone was spotlessly clean. And if you love sloppy endings then this is for you.

This one is definitely worth the watch , I enjoyed the story line and the actors done an excellent job in their roles to bring this story to life , worthy of the cowboy movies of yesteryear ,Adam Baldwin was an excellent choice for the shooter green , I thoroughly recommend this movie

I purchased this on Amazon because I'm fan of the 3 main actors (Baldwin, Sumpter & Wagner) I figured I would like it despite it's low rating and I was not disappointed. Let me just say that the story is unique, not your typical western. It's rather slowly paced but steady, not tons of action but enough and it's a clean movie the whole family can watch. I liked seeing Jill Wagner in a role different from her Hallmark Channel movies. Highly recommended!