Livin' by the Gun

Certainly not a top notch high dollar production, so the bad reviews by some are understandable. On the other hand, there's plenty to like about it, such as the use of more period correct props and wardrobe than usually seen in most Westerns. If only the more highly rated films could adopt what's good about Living By The Gun, but keep the more polished look and feel of those better rated films, we may finally see the perfect Western. Full disclosure: To the best of my knowledge, I am not "friends" with, nor a "relative" of anyone appearing in, or involved in making, this film.

I took a chance and streamed this movie because of the "reviews" here. It is just so amateurishly awful - I could only last about 20 minutes. The "cast" looks like maybe they are friends and relatives of whoever was behind this. I've seen better acting in high school plays, seriously.

Then it dawns on me... the glowing reviews here must be by those same friends and relatives.

Looks like it was obviously someone's labor of love. The sets, makeup and costumes are pretty good, but everything else about this movie is really terrible.

from the first lines spoken i knew this would be one of the worst films ever made. the only person who deserves any praise is the one who was able to raise the money to make it. however that was done is a miracle. if however someone chose to invest their own money in this endeavor i have a bridge to sell them.

when i see films this bad they remind me of something my father once said to me when i was kid. we were at the local cinema and the film was really bad. less than half way into it most of the audience had left. i asked my dad why we weren't leaving and he said that in order to appreciate the better films you need to experience the bad ones too. but my father could have never foreseen a film this bad being released.

I've been in love with westerns all of my life and for me there is simply nothing better than watching a good one but absolutely nothing worst than sitting through a bad one and I'm sorry but this is about as bad as they come.I really did try but I could only last about 15 minutes because every time an 'actor' opened their mouth I cringed. The acting is so atrocious that at first I thought it was a spoof, then on clicking on each of the cast names I noticed that this was the only movie most of them have been in so maybe they were just friends helping out. As for all the positive reviews, if you genuinely liked the film, fine, but comparing it to The Wild Bunch, True Grit or Shane is really just an insult to some of the America's greatest film makers.

I'm kicking myself for streaming this and watching it right to the end, especially since I could just as easily have streamed something better. The film was so bad it drew me in, I guess I wanted to see how bad it could get.

Horrible acting compounded by awkward stilted dialogue and pointless violence. It was easy to see that most of the actors were in front of the camera for the very first time, and there was no time for re-takes. And the props and set left a bit to be desired as well. Someone should tell the people constructing the set that plywood wasn't available in the old west. Horrible, just horrible!