Awful, too simplistic story, yet well filmed.

Rating: 5/10 (30 August 2004)

Certainly a well made film, with some nice camera shots and some nice acting. Yet the whole film is ruined by the simplistic black & white story. Any story where the hero is all good' and the bad guy is all bad' cannot be taken seriously.
We have Inman from the South, good looking and doesn't do a thing wrong. Doesn't shag anybody else, after just one bloody kiss, loves black people and even tries to help the Yankees.
We then have Teaque, fat and ugly, nasty to the core, wants to shag Inman's betrothed love, wants to hurt and kill everyone.
As soon as a film follows this children's book story line, the realism and belief is totally lost. How about Inman also hating black people, how about him getting the odd shag on his way home, why not. How about Teague being good looking and generally ok, but felt he needed to do his job. This would have made a good film.
By the way, the ending was stupid. After all that, why do the silly gunfighter stand off, why not follow the guy and sneak up on him like any normal person would.
5/10.