Too contrived

Rating: 1/10 (22 January 2008)

Highly UN-believable that the hero would have a Killer in his sights and not pull the trigger as the killer slowly rides away. The movie becomes downright MAWKISH at the end. There are too many instances of the good, the bad, and the ugly people in this story, doing or not doing things that normal, prudent people would or would not do. I have not read the original short story from which this "morality play" is taken, but I would guess it is better than the movie. I would not recommend this movie for viewing by those under 50 because it seems to put a mark of approval on killing people for no good reason. Comparing it to "TRUE GRIT", it would be a Minus-10, while "TRUE GRIT" would be a +9 on a scale of 1 to 10.