'Purgatory' was, oddly on The Horror Channel, mid morning at that! Whilst it had lots of good, boisterous action, especially at the beginning and end, for me, it was too much neither western, nor fantasy.
As a western, it worked fine with Sam Shepard doing sterling work as the sheriff (Wild Bill Hickock) but I'm afraid the romantic story between Sonny (Brad Rowe) and (can't find her name in any cast lists) confused and annoyed me.
Idols from western folklore presumably mean less to me than it does to many and so it wasn't such a big thrill to have all these re-incarnated in one place and in one movie and whilst I could see how this 'car-park' for the living dead made the story, this was rather lost on me. The film was well made and maybe, if I was in-tune with this element, then it might have made more sense to me.
I did like the fantasy ending with the Old Indian, very surprising and quite well done.
Purgatory is good for a TV movie, which was nominated for a prime-time Emmy, with a good cast and some good action, but that's as good as it got for me.
As a western, it worked fine with Sam Shepard doing sterling work as the sheriff (Wild Bill Hickock) but I'm afraid the romantic story between Sonny (Brad Rowe) and (can't find her name in any cast lists) confused and annoyed me.
Idols from western folklore presumably mean less to me than it does to many and so it wasn't such a big thrill to have all these re-incarnated in one place and in one movie and whilst I could see how this 'car-park' for the living dead made the story, this was rather lost on me. The film was well made and maybe, if I was in-tune with this element, then it might have made more sense to me.
I did like the fantasy ending with the Old Indian, very surprising and quite well done.
Purgatory is good for a TV movie, which was nominated for a prime-time Emmy, with a good cast and some good action, but that's as good as it got for me.