Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

From my favorite movies..

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

The only thing I rented this for was because I am a huge David Carradine fan and have been for many years. The movie box misleads the potential renter/buyer into thinking David is the main character..for those of you who didn't look up the synopsis of the movie online first. David would be furious if he saw just how amateurish this movie came across as and I'm thinking had he lived he would have had a few things to say about it. He was great...the rest was a total disgrace. The director, camera work, dialogue, set decor, sound, picture and acting were sub par by professional standards.Poor script, poor delivery of a poor script. David again was "the rock" and steadily delivered as he has always done. One part at the beginning of the movie had the dialogue voiced over (so it had the look of lip syncing - you could see how some of it was not matched/synced well) simply because it was a wider picture of several cowboys in a green field of some kind...and obviously they couldn't afford proper sound equipment to use the original dialogue that was spoken in the scene I.E. a boom mic for starters. Characters seemingly made out of cardboard, emotionless delivery, terrible camera work..I remarked while watching it that if I didn't know better you would think a few acting school graduates had gotten together to make a movie using home video equipment on a shoestring budget. The premise of the movie is excellent - HAD THEY HAD THE BUDGET TO ACHIEVE THEIR LOFTY GOALS. You can't do a grand western on no money...and on the box it compares this movie to The Outlaw Josey Wales..that is laughable. My biggest issue aside from this other crap is the fact that Mr. Carradine has a supporting role and on the box you are led to believe he is the main star of the film. The images are all him in dramatic pose with gun in hand and you think "man this sounds like it could be really good". How many people have been suckered into renting this? Using David's image and name to sell this amateur garbage is the real disgrace..pure and simple. If you want to see a great latter day David Carradine movie, go and rent/buy Son Of The Dragon. You'll be surprised just how good that one is..as you will be/were surprised how terrible this one is/was. I would think they spent most of their movie money on getting David into the film..and then scrimped on everything else. Sorry, this was a total bomb..and I have been a fan of westerns for 30 years. The guy above saying don't listen to the negative reviews is no doubt inspired to say so by personal financial interests in seeing this film succeed.Forget it, avoid it..at all costs.

This is the scariest movie number 0. If you attempt to watch this film i feel sorry for you .It is a very bad attempt to shoot a western film .After a couple of scenes you can realize that it is unwatchable is the kind of movies that even if they pay you you don't go to watch.I m not gonna refer to the script as there's not any script.This is the kind of movie that everyone in the neighborhood can shoot with a video camera running at the streets filming and everybody will shout go away with your camera stop it !The actors were like they saying go away with your camera stop filming at me! think that some guns were so rusty as they took it for free from the dead grandpa's house decoration above the fireplace and it is impossible to shoot with rusty rifles like this and the guy was holding it like it was a baseball bat.Jesus this is the ugly the ugly and the ugly movie.I am wondering how many different films people from this production made in a single week.If this movie will come as a gift in Christmas i will stop believing in Santa Claus ...

Weak shot on video western feels more like dress up then a real film. The plot has a sharpshooter going west to get away from his past and ending up in with some of the wrong sort of people. David Carradine wanders through as a marshal trying to keep the peace. Set in California but filmed in South Carolina, or so the small amount of the audio commentary on the DVD lead me to believe this is a film where nothing seems real or right. The locations seem most of the buildings seem like they don't belong in the west at the time. The clothing is too perfect and of the wrong era west. The action seems staged and at half speed. Its the sort of thing you might see on stage or at a wild west show. Its made worse by the lack of excitement on the technical end (the shots seem to to have been put together in long languid takes that make nothing seem like its in a hurry even when it should be. The result is a dull unexciting film that only those who must see every western ever made will want to bother with.

The film is laughable, terrible, but a must if you are starting out as a film maker. This film contains everything you shouldn't do, from the script, cinematography, editing, music score, to set design. I would definably show this in any film class. I can not figure out why David Carradine was even in the movie. You could cut out the few scenes he was in, and it would make the pace much faster. His character was not even an important part of the story. In one scene he even appeared drunk or high, as he stumbled into the scene and slurred his words. It was as if he was doing the producer a favor by making an appearance in his film. The actors dry and appear bored and the scenes are very slow, the editing is choppy, and the music sounds as if it was composed on a child's Casio keyboard. The storyline is about a about a civil war sharpshooter, who is trying to hide his past and start afresh. Why he can't hit anything is a mystery. Check it out, and learn something. I gave this two stars. One for attempting to make a film, and another for completing it. My only hope is that they learn from this attempt and try again with more success.