Very well executed

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Without the drive or the sulfur smell of New Mexico or West Texas, you can live there for a few minutes with this wonderful film. There is outstanding photography of the west. My favorite tag-line of the film is, while placing a big bet at poker, Big Boy jokes, " Well, if you ain't chicken, you sure got hen-house ways." I use this film to take me away to the west of the 40's. So much of the tension is displayed in that anything you say or do can get you killed and Harrelson's character does and says as he pleases. In reality of the character of Big Boy, Harrelson portrays behavior so Audie Murphy and clearly alike with Murphy in real life with combat related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Both are bulletproof in their own minds as they still exist.

How does an entertaining film like this get overlooked and undervalued? Woody Harrelson was born to play "Big Boy" and Billy Crudup does a fine job playing his sidekick. Patricia Arquette gets a little annoying about halfway through the film, but we've learned to expect that from her so that shouldn't come as a surprise.The friction created throughout this film keeps the interest level up and makes for a lot of fun, especially when things really start heating up; Harrelson becomes more and more volatile while Crudup becomes more and more worried about Big Boy's safety, all the while dealing with the animosity and jealousy he feels towards his best friend.It all adds up to a story that keeps you guessing as to how it will finalize. The ending won't surprise anyone, but it still feels right, even if it isn't exactly what we may have wanted. Good movies do that — instead of giving us what we want, they give us a better and more fitting ending.Sure, 'The Hi-Lo Country' isn't the best western ever made, but it certainly isn't the worst. It's definitely one of the more entertaining.

I would never ask someone to not see a film based on my opinion. I think people see this movie, and then tell me how right I was...:)This movie would've been more bearable if it was cut in half. It was way too long, and with no good solid storyline, it was very boring. The characters didn't have any definition, so no matter how good the acting was, you didn't really care about them. The score was very repetitive and annoying, and sounded like it had a bit of the "Conspiracy Theory" score thrown into it.So! If you would kindly pass me a rock...

I have to admit it, The Hi-Lo Country is not the best movie ever made. However I did have a very good time watching it and it left me with that strange feeling that you sometimes get when a movie strikes you right in the heart.By the way, there is something else: the music, I mean I've read a lot of comments about this movie and I can't remember of any mentioning the music! I may be the only one but I really loved that deep powerful instrumental song.