Illogical Morality/Ethics Lesson

Rating: 3/10 (3 October 2016)

Teaching your son morality and ethics is an admirable endeavor, but it should at least be rooted in realism and feasibility. There are so many illogical scenarios in the plot that teaching lessons from them seems ridiculous. In real life, different decisions most assuredly would have had to be make. An admitted killer, who also kills members of the party taking him to the prison train, is not himself dispatched by the remaining members? Dan asks his son to warn him when Ben's gang approaches Contention, but when the gang of 7 is gathered in a group outside the hotel window (and could easily be eliminated), does nothing? These are sworn killers, inexplicably left to kill more. They then enlist the help of the townspeople (for $200 each) to help in killing Ben's captors. Now Ben must be transported to the train station with 30 to 40 gunmen looking to kill whoever is escorting him. When everyone else abandons the effort, Dan still accepts it and, unbelievably, succeeds (with Ben running towards the train rather than trying to escape). Would this really happen in real life? Finally, when Dan is killed, Ben inexplicably kills *all* of his remaining gang. This is the gang who has doggedly pursued him & his captors to eventually free him. Then he willingly climbs aboard the prison train, probably eventually to be hanged. Really? How can Dan's son be expected to learn anything practical from these unrealistic scenarios?