The Bad Shepherd

Four guy friends on a hunting trip hit a woman with their truck. They find that she was carrying a suitcase full of cash. As they load her dead body onto their truck, a cop shows up. Later, a mysterious man confronts them about the cash.

This starts initially with a perfectly good crime thriller premise. Almost immediately, the writing has problems. I don't know why they're carrying around the body. Grab the bag and go. The problems keep piling on. The acting is bad. The film looks weak. While intriguing, the mystery guy makes limited sense until the reveal. The reveal and the actual premise of this story could have been great. The execution leaves a lot to be desired. It needs to lay out much more bread crumbs for the reveal to mean more.

This is REALLY bad. The movie never ended up making any sense to me. You never really get the backstory of the lady from the short beginning of the movie or how/why she was injured.

The "leader" of this 4-man pack is just evil from their intro with no explanation of why he's the way he is; it just makes you hate him from the beginning and anxiously wait for him to be picked off.

The main villain (also the director), come on man! That "twist" in the end was a complete joke. Without spoilers, How the EFFF were you walking around in sunlight the entire time if you were what you were? THAT arc would have made for a way more interesting story rather than waiting until the last 15 mins to reveal it. You owe me for the 90 mins I just wasted; I should include my cash app. I'd talk about the acting but it really wasn't as bad as some of the other reviews say, but the non-cohesive story is the tragedy of the movie.

This movie starts off great. It is very suspenseful. I started it on the edge of my seat and through most of it, but the ending really was disappointing to the point I feel like I wasted my time today watching it. I do not recommend this movie. I recommend you save your time. I am definitely hitting dislike on netflix. Because I do not want to watch films like this anymore. The character that plays the man going after his evert property it's frustrating because you don't know who he is. He could be from the mob. He could be an undercover cop. You just don't know and I feel like that should be a part of the movie knowing who that man is.

Who are these four central characters anyway? Why are they even together on a hunting trip? Who is the protagonist to root for? Why do they do what they do? I probably would have this review contain spoilers if there was anything possible to spoil. There isn't. It was monotonous and painfully boring. I'm not exactly sure where these other reviews came from. I watched it only because it is a 6.5 rating but that only came from 10 reviews so I'm assuming they must be from the actors who made it. Hahahaha. Because no one in their right right mind is going to rate this movie more than a three. So do yourself a favor and avoid paying the money for this. If you really need to see it, just wait until it's free somewhere and I'm quite sure after the first 15 minutes you will shut it off because trust me, Nothing more happens any interest.

This movie started out really well. And then the story got more and more ludicrous. If you're a hunter, outdoorsman or know anything about firearms, you'll have a good laugh. They are using WW2 era rifles. Clearly from the bargain bin in the prop shop. The director seems more concerned with having fashionable haircuts and clothing than being anywhere close to what hunters wear. And the tired cliche coonskin hat? Seriously?? The 1920s era bear trap? What is this - Looney Tunes? The only redeeming value of this film is the scenery. For urbanites. I'm still trying to understand the thought process of the writer. Shame on the producers for doing zero research on hunting.