Paul Magne Haakonsen Western movies is not usually within my preferred genre of movies to sit down to watch, but I was given the chance to watch this.And I must admit that I was a little bit intrigued as I saw that Kris Kristofferson was on the cast list. But it turned out that he had only a minor role in the movie.The storyline was entertaining, for sure, although it suffered from being generic and predictable. There certainly was a good flow to the movie, and good progression in the storyline, so you never felt that the movie came to a halt.The acting in the movie was good, and the actors and actresses were putting in good efforts to bring their characters to life on the screen.But somehow I sit here with a feeling of 'was that really it?' now that I have watched the movie.Surely this movie is one for true fans of the old classic western genre.

zwalker2009 Take a shot every time you hear the line "I'll put a bullet in ya," or, "You sonuva bitch."Cliche lines and choppy writing leave a disjointed story that provides little entertainment. I found myself actually laughing out loud at several points throughout the film. I am literally in awe of how bad this movie was. Writers seem to be pulling lines out of some sort of machine that spits out western tag lines and hoping that delivery from someone like Kristofferson will help. Poor sound effects and a score that came off of iTunes does nothing to help this already subpar film. Nothing, absolutely nothing was done well. Two stars because you made me laugh.

classicsoncall I think if this story was presented without the characters having historical names, and events that could be easily researched, it would have fared a lot better with IMDb's reviewers for the film. For a Netflix original film, I didn't think it was all that bad, but my prior knowledge of Wild Bill Hickok's career caused me to shake my head a few times. Like the treatment of John Wesley Hardin (Kaiwi Lyman-Mersereau). The way the two men first met is recounted accurately enough. There was a face to face stare down between the two men, and Hardin used the 'road agent spin' on Hickok, after which they settled their confrontation with a drink at a local saloon. But Hardin staying on as a deputy was sheer invention for the story and completely unnecessary.The outcome of Hickok's (Luke Hemsworth) feud with Phil Poe (Trace Adkins) was also historically accurate, but missing a huge part of the story. In the heat of battle, Hickok also turned and fired upon another man who he thought was coming to Coe's aid. It turned out to be Hickok's own deputy Mike Williams who wound up dead in the street. That event devastated the frontier lawman, after which he became a wanderer with a guilty conscience, giving up his badge and resorting to gambling and alcohol.It seems like Trace Adkins has found himself a nice little niche in the Western genre with films destined for a Netflix release. This is the third one I've seen him in following "Traded" and "Stagecoach: The Texas Jack Story". Acting wise, he seems to be getting better with each outing, as long as he's not being asked to do the heavy lifting. His role as Phil Poe here was handled fairly well.Kris Kristofferson appears to be settling into a role as the grand old man of TV Westerns; he's also appeared in a handful lately, along side Adkins in this film and also that "Traded" flick. I guess you can't beat the work, he's not really on screen very much and usually dispensing sage advice from the sidelines, befitting his age and status among Country Western's stalwarts.As for Luke Hemsworth, this was my first look at him. Not terrible here, with room to grow as an actor. The biggest surprise of the story for me was seeing Bruce Dern show up as Doc Rivers O'Roarke. One wonders why guys like him and Kristofferson keep on making pictures into their Eighties, but darn if they don't put on a good show just the same. Here's to next time.

draciron Wild Bill was one of the most interesting characters in history. What he did would make a really interesting movie. He was no angel, so it'd be easy to pick up a history book and make a realistic Wild Bill that was way better than this portrayal, which was a really bad cliché. The dialog was actually worse than the screenplay and that was pretty difficult to do since the screenplay would embarrass even a first year film student. This is the worst Western I've seen in quite a while, couldn't even finish it. Pity there were some good actors in this movie. Trapped is probably a better word. I suspect most of them hope nobody ever watched this movie. The opening scene says it all. Wild Bill rides into a Confederate Cannon and Gattling gun firing single action revolvers without cocking the trigger and it just goes downhill from there.