Western World

This would have been a fairly good movie. If it would have ended with the solution of the murder mystery. But they had to add something else to end which was not necessary. Sometimes Directors and writers need to know when to end a movie.

It's difficult for anyone, even seasoned directors, to tackle the Western as a genre to test their abilities. Lana Read should be applauded for the effort but should be a lot more circumspect with the material they choose and the talent to carry it off. The Western has a history within the movie industry that stretches back a hundred years and has accumulated many casualties over the year's. It also numbers many successes and these stand proudly amongst some of the best films ever produced. High Noon, Shane and pale rider are just the tip of the very large pile. There are many many others. 'Western World' though is a very poor participant in such a competitive market. With the advantage of modern technology and computer graphics becoming the norm, audiences are becoming spoiled by these possibilities, however, simple can offer a refreshing alternative but there is a difference between simple and dull. Camera work and lighting are the cornerstone of good cinematic practice and 'Western World' suffers from poor aspects of the first and too much contrast of the other. Storyline and sets are another aspect that are critical to any films success and these are also poorly rendered. The most critical aspect of all though is acting and this is where any film will fail within the first few minutes of watching. In some cases this can happen in seconds. Making any film can be agonising for all those concerned but this pain should never be transferred to the public. I think Ms Read should look again at some of the great films and try to decide what really makes them stand alone.

While making his rounds one morning in the town of Dogwood Pass of Wyoming Territory, "Sheriff Tom Ramey" (Darrell P. Miller) is hurriedly summoned to a nearby hotel where he is told that a man has just been shot and killed. Sure enough, after arriving on the scene Sheriff Ramey notices a young man by the name of "Danny Holt" (Justin Rose) standing over a dead body with a Colt .45 in his hand. It is then that he learns that Danny killed the man in an effort to protect a woman named "Camille Tammery" (Amanda Miller) from being physically abused by her former husband. Left with no other choice, the sheriff arrests Danny and takes him to the jail to await the arrival of a U.S. marshal who will escort him to Laramie to stand trial. To everyone's surprise, "Marshal Moses White" (Christopher Rowley) not only arrives the very next day but also doesn't seem convinced that Danny is the person responsible for the crime. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was a very low budget film which suffered from rather poor camera technique and mediocre acting. It did, however, have an interesting plot which featured enough mystery to keep my attention from start-to-finish. That being said, while this clearly wasn't a great Western by any means, I didn't think it was necessarily that bad either and for that reason I have rated it accordingly. Slightly below average.

Wow! 600 words, to simply say, " Bad Movie!" Oh my goodness, are these people professional actors or did someone at this recreation of a western town just get drunk and yell out, " Hey! Let's get drunk, talk real funny and make a home video and call it a movie. We can get some fifth graders to write the script and have some rednecks teach us the dialogue.

The southern accents sound nothing like Andy Griffin or Aunt Bee. I have 163 characters left in the 600 required so I guess I will have to think of something else to say about this terrible film. I can't think of any more words that would convince you to to never ever watch this mess.

Acting is bad, like mostly everything else. I just can't hope more for having my money and time back... Oh, and lame story for sure, along with the script. They are nothing short of bad here.

Just don't waste your time and money watching that movie. Don't know what to expect from a budget this low, surely it was my mistake in the first place.