Bastard's Crossing

Hopefully this will save someone some time. Unless you were in this movie or have a friend or family member in this movie and you wish to give them support, skip this movie. Skip this movie. Skip it.

A rather good film for the most part. Interestingly dark, psychotic, and wet with a splash of Dances With Wolves.

If you've ever had a rough time in your life and had to spend some time in your car with little go on, you might empathize a bit with the nature of this film.

The lighting here is one of the richest parts I enjoyed the most -- that mixed with the moody atmosphere. The horses used were well done as they almost seemed a character of themselves with many good riders.

The acting was moderate to good. I wasn't expecting A-list talent on a small budget, but there were a few notable performances. The Trapper and bounty hunter stuck out most with me.

The audio could have used a small face lift and sometimes, I felt, although, the music was great, sometimes a bit loud. There was one spot during a night scene with the Sailor and main actor where the lip reading and audio or ADR didn't match up.

Breaking the 4th wall towards the end kind of took me out of trance with the story. Figured that be something used in a comedy, but not a dark thriller type.

All in all it was a great film. Great usage of limited location and budget. Definitely worth a watch.

A gaffe a minute, a poor sense of history, and a worse understanding of geography, make this film more distracting than entertaining. (A Wyoming fur trapper travels all the way to Memphis to sell his beaver pelts - in the post-war period.) Add in a hopelessly thrown together script, and a slow-moving western concept, and you have a truly bad movie.

Before having to leave. In writing it is suggested "show, don't tell." In screenwriting, the "show don't tell" role is even more important. This was very poorly written almost to the point of dialog like "I am now walking across the room with a scowl on my face. The dialog was horrendous to the point that this should be used in screenwriting classes as an example of what not to do.

Save yourself some time and skip over this turkey.

I didn't know what to expect, but glad I watched. Creative and surprising for sure.