Review of 6 Bullets to Hell

In a way, I don't understand why they make Westerns like this anymore. They're terribly derivative and bring nothing new to the genre. At the same time, I can say I never saw a Western I didn't like. This one, with its justice and revenge theme reminded me of Eastwood's "Hang 'Em High" right out of the gate, as homesteader Billy Rogers (Crispian Belfrage) takes up his guns to go after the polecats who raped and murdered his wife. He's aided midway in his effort by town Sheriff Morris (Russell Quinn) who was wounded by Bobby Durango's (Tanner Beard) outlaw gang during the story's opening robbery, and takes another bullet during the final showdown with the villain's new bunch. I didn't find any of Billy's confrontations with the individual members of Durango's gang to be that challenging, and his gunning down of Durango himself at the climax didn't look like much of an effort. Billy himself seemed to go out of character chasing down Durango in a half cocked fit of pique, quite unlike the methodical approach he took to tracking down each of the other outlaws. But as Billy, Belfrage had just the right look for an avenging gunslinger who might acquit himself better in a stronger film.