Taylon Flynn (Lance Henriksen) is an aging and very ill former outlaw and makes it his purpose in life to square things with his estranged daughter Heidi (Meg Steedle), but unknown to him she leads a sordid life and she doesn't know he is her father.
This is perhaps the slowest western I have ever seen. Many scenes were too dragged out to the point I almost shut this down, but I didn't. We see Taylon cough and spit his way to finally getting up, dressed and ready to meet Heidi. It got so bad, I felt I had to rush to the Pharmacy to get him some medicines to get through the day. His plan is also to rob one last bank with Virgil (Billly Lush) who rode with him back in the day.
Now here's the thing: Virgil is a figment of Taylon's imagination and we learn things about Taylon during these made-up conversations. Virgil was shot by Will (Tom Berenger) long ago when Will was a Texas Ranger, but is now the Sheriff. It's not too clear but there was a hint that Will once rode with Taylon back in the day as we kept hearing that there was a third man who rode with Taylon, now known as famed gunman Wesley Flynn.
Notables: Danny Trejo as the River Man; Steve Railsback as Jaden, the bar owner who controlled the prostitutes.
The cinematography could have been better. The music had that effective low hum of impending doom.
The scenes near the end with Tom Berenger as Will saves this movie and I was glad I didn't shut it down. We don't get all the answers to our questions, but what we come away with is that redemption is hard to come by. (5/10)
Violence: yes. Sex: No Nudity: No. Humor: No. Language: Yes, but brief.
This is perhaps the slowest western I have ever seen. Many scenes were too dragged out to the point I almost shut this down, but I didn't. We see Taylon cough and spit his way to finally getting up, dressed and ready to meet Heidi. It got so bad, I felt I had to rush to the Pharmacy to get him some medicines to get through the day. His plan is also to rob one last bank with Virgil (Billly Lush) who rode with him back in the day.
Now here's the thing: Virgil is a figment of Taylon's imagination and we learn things about Taylon during these made-up conversations. Virgil was shot by Will (Tom Berenger) long ago when Will was a Texas Ranger, but is now the Sheriff. It's not too clear but there was a hint that Will once rode with Taylon back in the day as we kept hearing that there was a third man who rode with Taylon, now known as famed gunman Wesley Flynn.
Notables: Danny Trejo as the River Man; Steve Railsback as Jaden, the bar owner who controlled the prostitutes.
The cinematography could have been better. The music had that effective low hum of impending doom.
The scenes near the end with Tom Berenger as Will saves this movie and I was glad I didn't shut it down. We don't get all the answers to our questions, but what we come away with is that redemption is hard to come by. (5/10)
Violence: yes. Sex: No Nudity: No. Humor: No. Language: Yes, but brief.