Kill Cavalry

Right, and this is exactly what happens when you let people bring a video camera to a Civil War re-enactment event. Yup, that is exactly what "Kill Cavalry" felt like.

I must admit that when I sat down to watch this 2021 movie, despite of having seen the very low IMDb rating, I was expecting more of a proper movie with an actual storyline and you know, acting...

Instead, I was treated to some lousy Civil War re-enactment filming. And sure, I will say that the costumes and props definitely looked good and realistic, but that was about all the enjoyment there was to this "movie". People didn't even fall down to die or become wounded, but of course when people were firing all their weapons at an angle aimed well above the heads of any enemies, aiming at tree canopies, then of course, how can people die?

If you enjoy American Civil War movies, like I do, then you need to spare yourself the suffering and anguish that is "Kill Cavalry". This movie was just so horrible it is almost beyond words.

Needless to say that I didn't even make it past the first massive skirmish in the forest, where everyone was shooting at the trees, no one fell down dead, and everything felt like they were just shooting at nothing and nobody. Yeah, this was more than enough to make me lose absolute interest in the rest of the movie. It was just atrociously bad. And watching something that felt like a homemade video brought to a Civil War re-enactment event if not really within the scopes of my interest.

I am rating this abysmal thing of a movie a mere one out of ten stars, and that is solely based on the costumes and props. Sometimes things are better left on the drawing board.

Well let's start out with what's bad Dialogue music acting ten minutes without a word uttered (which turns out to be a highlight) History is wrong. How do I know ? I have a PhD in history and was in glory, Gettysburg and gods and generals You can't get the guys name right ? Hudson ??

Cmon man

He was 27 this guy is at least 50 Wheeler was not in the same class at West Point Further. The average age of a soldier was 22 not 62 I doubt there were this many fat soldiers either I'd really like to say something nice about this effort Let me end with this. You seldom take cannon into a forest and expect to hit anything but trees. Jeez I see some have called this a re-enactment. It's not Nothing I'd like better if I was a soldier than to see a lot of fat old guys standing in a straight line Oh of course. It says it's January but it looks like April Now there really was a hugh Judson kilpatrick and he was Sherman's chief of cavalry on the March through Georgia. He was called kill cavalry because his tactics were suspect. (See general Elon farnsworth). So why make something like this where literally NOTHING is correct or very good ?

The rifles are wrong. The artillery is wrong the uniforms are wrong If anything deserves a zero it's this sad misuse of time If you want to see Santa Claus in the civil war ?

If you watch long enough there might be a fat guy with a red suit also.

More like a reenactment of the Civil War than a movie. Watch it if you like reenactments of the Civil War otherwise skip.

Ten minutes of that first battle and everyone firing into the air! No casualties then two aunties start wandering onto the battlefield.

This collection of crap should be avoided due to lack of logic or historical significance!

Was there some kind of meeting where adults actually got together and discussed the film, asked some first graders for advice and the movie got made!

To say that the script is atrocious is an understatement, I don't think 1st year film students would come up with such drivel.

I don't even want to go near the acting! The alleged director seems to come from the pre-schools end of year production!

The budget for this movie would have been better spent on burgers and a few beers!

Absolutely, mind-numbingly dire. After four years of grinding war.... immaculate uniforms and equipment? Incoherent dialogue, mumbled lines, wooden acting. It's not even school-play standard. Could I do any better? I'm not a director, nor a producer, nor an actor... but at least I'd try. I'd make an effort. No-one connected with this movie did.