Review: WESTERN WITH A DIFFERENCE
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 5, 2013
This is a western with a difference. Alex Walsh, a 32-year-old Englishman, sets off in 1875 with his daughter to set up a cobbler business in America. On the voyage over, he meets Mr Ford, a cattle rancher, and his daughter, Susan, the love interest of the tale. The town they settle in has been taken over by the Black Hand Gang in preparation for a major train heist. Through curious episodes involving thundering hooves and snatches of blue ethereal smoke, Alex eventually comes into contact with Free Spirit, a spirit horse who guards the roads and who tasks him with maintaining the balance in the world between good and evil. He is specifically tasked with taking out the gang, and is taught how to 'spirit walk' between this world and the spirit realm, and consequently become invisible. This stands Alex in good stead when the story rises to its bloodcurdling crescendo of a finale in a series of vicious fights with members of the Black Hand Gang and allied demons. A western with a real difference and a terrific punch. Check it out.