Badland

Melodramatic, slow, plays out like a fairy tale, low budget, but it looked authentic for the period and was enjoyable to watch.

Although this movie has three western heavies in Jeff Fahey, Bruce Dern and Amanda Wyss. It seems that the movie's heart fell out of its chest after the beginning of chapter three. Too much reliance on a predictable western routine and cliche scenes makes the second half of this movie fall apart. The first half had actual heart and interest, but then it feels like a different movie and forced one at that after the third chapter.

Badland is a tinge of the old spaghetti western mold. Makely plays Matthias Breecher: think Eastwood, Bronson, Stallone and Wayne mixed together. Bruce Dean and Wes Studi provide solid performances. Jeff Fahey and Makely have a great old fashioned shoot out at the end. I'd be willing to buy the dvd.

I don't understand the poor reviews. Not the best western of all time but very enjoyable.

After reading all of the pompous low reviews I had to review. OK, to start off with, Tombstone, it is NOT. But neither did it have the budget for the actors, good writing, time, etc. But if you can stomach the melodrama, if you can get past the "supposed" proper English of the late 1800s, and get past the cliches (but let's face it, there's hardly anything truly original nowadays), if you can get past these, then it's actually not too bad of a movie. Yes, it's a cookie cutter western, but no, it's not a horrible one either. But if you're into flying hero's, exploding heads and zombies, please stay away from this movie and keep your comments to yourself.