Really Surprised!

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Set in the prohibition era, in a small secluded town near the Mexican border, a drifter (Willis) finds himself playing both sides of a feud. A natural gunman himself, he has no problem proving his worth while helping the innocent caught in the crossfire. Plenty of action, plenty of stars, and plenty of entertainment.

Have just finished watching this. It's basically a Prohibition Era rehash of A Fist Full of Dollars. No twists or change to the story line. Just Christopher Walken using a Thompson machine gun instead of a Gatling Gun. Was enjoyable, but I'm glad I didn't pay to see it. Stick to the original and you won't go wrong.

John Smith (Bruce Willis) drifts into the small dusty town of Jericho, Texas during the Prohibition Era. He is just passing through until he looks at Felina a little too long. Two warring bootlegging gangs have desolated the town and Felina happens to be gang leader Doyle's girl. Sheriff Ed Galt (Bruce Dern) is corrupt and ineffective. Joe Monday (William Sanderson) runs the local bar. John Smith sees an opportunity to make a little money playing both sides before he leaves town. Hickey (Christopher Walken) is Doyle's right hand man.This is a movie of overwhelming style and atmosphere. It is an atmosphere of unrelenting gloom. Bruce's unceasing monotone narration puts a damper on everything. I'm perfectly fine with a murky atmosphere but this is a flat unchanging grind. There are plenty of blood, guns and action. However even those scenes don't raise the tension or excitement. Most of it is the lifeless performance from Bruce.

This film doesn't do much wrong except not really doing much right. The mood and feel of a small American western town in Prohibition is nicely put across, borrowing something from films like Eastwood's 'Unforgiven'. The acting is fine, particularly from the always-reliable Christopher Walken who once again lights up more of his role than is asked of him.But the story adaption is a little tired and Willis's "It was a dirty town but all towns were" voice-over feels dated rather than nostalgic. The bad guys are all a bit too thick to seem like adversaries so it feels like any successes of Willis's are inevitable. That makes it hard for the film to keep you wondering as the story appears to just play itself out.