The Academy Duped Again

Rating: 3/10 (19 July 2019)

4 Academy Awards, Come On?!?! I admit there was some good acting and good cinematography but the rest was a total disappointment. It was not a modern day Western as I was led to believe: it was a farce. Here are some things I found farcical: the deputy leaves the prisoner handcuffed with hands in from of him. Was there no cell to put him in? The hunter has a pang of conscience and returns to 'drug deal gone bad' scene with some water for one of dying dealers. There was no explanation of why the deal went wrong in the first place; obviously the two parties each brought their goods. Why didn't the hunter just call the police/sheriff from a payphone and say he saw a scene of carnage in the desert instead of taking a dying man water in a jug? After the deputy was killed, why wasn't there a manhunt out for the killer? The sheriff seemed to dwell on his retirement more than stopping the carnage. Where were the Texas Rangers in all of this? If the sheriff was overwhelmed, why didn't he call for help? Did no one in Texas carry a gun other than the killer? Well you get the picture: gross carnage, how many people can we kill in a 2 hour movie, etc. Glad I didn't pay to see it in a theater.