Ex-Sheriff Ben Sloane from Greeley County, Colorado heads to Chicago to investigate and clear his estranged son of suspected murder.Ex-Sheriff Ben Sloane from Greeley County, Colorado heads to Chicago to investigate and clear his estranged son of suspected murder.Ex-Sheriff Ben Sloane from Greeley County, Colorado heads to Chicago to investigate and clear his estranged son of suspected murder.
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For starters, the acting in this seems pretty good. I rarely blame the actors in these movies as it's not their fault -- they're just doing a gig. Anyhow, Showcase has been playing these terrible movies shot in Vancouver at least twice a week lately (gaaaahhd!) You would think these made-for-TV movies were written by 12 year old boys. There's so many clichés like when this guy Sloan (what an original macho name, isn't it, and he wears a cowboy hat and jean jacket) arrives in Chicago (yes, he even wears the hat and jacket in the city), which judging by the drizzle is actually Vancouver no doubt, he goes to the police station and this sort of pretty detective woman (when are police detectives female and pretty -- btw, her name is Kincaid, as in Ruben Kinkaid, manager of the Partridge Family, another original name) says to him right off the top, some cliché like "This is Chicago, Sloan, go back ^&%ing sheep in the Andes". Obviously she doesn't say exactly that but you get the idea, it's like one of these 'This is the big city Sloan, you're not back in rural Vancouver'. I'm not going to waste my time watching the rest of it because I'm pretty sure I know what happens -- she'll start getting impressed by his tracker skills and they'll do the nasty etc. etc. Waste your time watching it but don't say you weren't warned.
Ok let me state that my rating was based on the summary alone. I wanted to watch this movie, so I went to the summary to learn more about it. But after getting a brain cramp from trying to read the summary, I realized that I couldn't understand what I was reading! I mean, was there no one who had the job of reading the summary to correct all the errors?!! I can understand a few typos, but this thing was totally jacked up! Sorry, guys, but I tried!!!
Major complaint, every time you see his poor horse it is crosstied in the barn. No one leaves a horse for hours tied like that. They cannot turn, move, lie down or reach food or water. So, I couldn't watch much more of it. Poor script and acting on top of it.
This writer made the lead detective look stupid in his quest to cause conflict between her and nick. She overlooked obvious clues so that the conflict could continue. Horrible, horrible writing. I will never watch anything written by Breyer Freed again. I'm not a writer but I promise you I could have written a better script. Starting with having the Kincade work with Nick once she discovered that he had substance. This movie made kincade look as bad as the criminals nick was chasing down in that she didn't care if she caught the right guy or not. And don't get me started on the music. I suppose that's a Canadian thing.
A retired rural sheriff goes to the big city to clear his son of suspected murder ... along the way he meets a snot nose wet behind the ears female detective that couldn't smell manure on her shoes ... he also learns his son hes been married for 2 years and he has a grandson ... from his observations at the crime scene he derives the info he needs to start solving the case ... he's an accomplished law man and will get to the answers ...
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- TriviaThe car involved in the motel robbery is a rusty colored 1978 Ford Thunderbird.
- GoofsReal cowboys take off their hats indoors.
- ConnectionsReferences Mutt and Jeff (1913)
- SoundtracksGolden Slumbers
Written by McCartney and Lennon
Sung by Maggie
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