Couldn't believe Bruce Dern was in this. I couldn't do it man. The story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. Bruce Dern, Wes Studi, Jeff Fahey, and Tony Todd round out the supporting cast with the signature swagger each possesses in their own way. The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. El….

It's not bad but seems like a western made for The Hallmark Channel with romance and a lot of dialogue. After letting the initial emotions of the situation settle down, Holly decides voluntarily to go with Kit, they trying to make it look like they committed suicide in a house fire. Though, to be a truly brilliant Western you must do one of two things, if not both. Can't say "beautiful" is the right word to describe the "Badland" poster, but it has everything you might want in a Western going for it: hero on a horse in the foreground, showdown shootout in the background, three recognizable stars in the sky-ground and a strong, single-word title using a Western-style font. Long diatribes lead to a brief confrontation where the onscreen violence is nothing more than the hero shooting a gun, ducking and shooting until everyone is dead. © Letterboxd Limited. A time-honored tradition in motion picture history. Breecher is the Senator's hired hand who travels from town to town, serving warrants and dealing with those who refuse to abideMr. For action-movie loving people, I'd say skip this movie. So, I ask you, who’s the real bad guy here?

But they soon learn that their plan did not work, there being a bounty on their heads. Spent most of my life watching and discussing movies.

Directed by Justin Lee. 5 – 1980: New Wave, Cinema City, Jackie Chan & John Woo, The History of Hong Kong Action Cinema Pt. Nicely directed by Justin Lee and staring Kevin Makely. The action? I agree with the review, I really enjoyed this film if u take it at face value. Lee's film is divided into four chapters. I can handle the truth. With Kevin Makely, Mira Sorvino, Bruce Dern, Wes Studi. Their church's Spanish-born pastor struggles with his faith, while Neil encounters a woman from his childhood. As he roams the Old West seeking justice, his resolve is tested when he meets a determined pioneer woman who is …

Sadly, the film is not quite as interesting. The storytelling’s smart, but the style’s tediously reverential and somber. In fact, I liked quite a few things about this film. Coronavirus quarantine is not a good enough reason to watch this film. © 2020 METACRITIC, A RED VENTURES COMPANY. Find a list of all movie and TV titles headed to disc in December,... Get a list of the best movie and TV titles recently added (and coming... We rank the 25 best-reviewed horror films of the 2010s. This review may contain spoilers. His dreams of owning land may have faded, and soul-searching has him reckoning with the man he's become. The music is overbearing, the acting feels forced, and the scenes do not feel authentic. This is an attempt to chronicle every single Western film ever made - be…. A detective with a license to kill roams the Old West to wrangle Confederate war criminals and meets a pioneer woman who throws his journey off track.

I really don’t know if he has some very subversive political agenda or he is just as dumb as some Harley biker who walks slow, doesn’t wash, talks in deep voice, and thinks all women love him. Only made it halfway through.

25 of 47 people found this review helpful. But I have seen much better shot westerns in my time. Spent most of my life watching and discussing movies. Badland ends with a “good old-fashioned dime novel showdown,” “badge against badge.”. Efficient western with some cool touches. A hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune. We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your email.

Bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.

Made by fans in Auckland, New Zealand. The HBO series Deadwood knew how to lean into the near Shakespearian word salads spoken throughout its run, extracting meaningful verbiage. Mid-twenty-something Kit is a restless and unfocused young man with a James Dean vibe and swagger which he has heard mentioned about him more than once. As he roams the Old West seeking justice, his resolve is … He wrote and directed this film and follows the familiar tropes: a quiet, proud protagonist; the strong, lonely woman; the corrupt gunslinger - maybe wearing a badge, maybe not; and of course, the battle of good versus evil.Kevin Makely stars as Matthias Breecher, a Civil War veteran and now Pinkerton detective carrying out the orders of Senator Benjamin Burke (Tony Todd, CANDY MAN, 1992).