Terror on the Prairie

I wanted to give 10/10 so bad- love these people, but there was no family chemistry and it was too slow. It felt both over And under-acted at times. Do more, keep going, but this was a little bit of a let down.

If you expected Gina Carano or Matthias Hues to kick ass or Nick Searcy to act, you will be sorely disappointed. Instead you will get Carano as a mother of two sitting in a lone house waiting for her husband when a band of sadistic ex soldiers come and attempt to capture her. I don't know how military service was back then, but five armed men should have done the job in five minutes. Instead, they try to wiggle themselves into the house, trick the woman, wait her out, convince her, etc.

That's the entire film. It feels more like a really bad date than a western. And poor Hues. How the mighty have fallen...

Good thing - the movie has some nice cinematography even though the palette is a bit dull. The bad - plot holes and Gina cannot act.

Story is simple the protagonists are simple though some may argue she unnecessarily provoked the fight alone instead of waiting for husband. In her defense it was revealed during the fight that the baddies were after her husband. The movie had some tense moments but quickly fell in the heroes favor. Overall a slow burner with built up suspense until it collapsed faster than expected.

But DW honestly needs to think about Gina's acting she was wooden almost the whole time. She is a genuine strong woman with genuine MMA skills and hence they need to cast her as such and not for her acting skills which need to improve by a lot. (She did exhibit the strength needed but was unconvincing since it was not played to her real strength)

One time watch but wishing DW luck. And oh...please tone down a bit on the christian themes and values...nothing wrong in it but I am part of a diverse audience who are in the fight against woke but not a christian myself.

I cant stand movies where things just don't make sense. When plot armor is used then common sense isn't used. Frustrating when things happen that just dont make sense. All signs of a poor director cant tell a story. Gina (and i like her) didnt put in the best performance. Just because I'm rooting for these daily wire movies doesnt mean we shouldn't hold them to a decent standard. Ive never seen so many bad shots or decisions not to shoot when anyone would shoot just because of plot.

I would say this is a very frustrating movie.

This was...very slow. Very very slow. Even by 1970's western standards, it's slow. It seems to be the trend now for westerns to move at a snail's pace. If you compare it to "The Power of the Dog", they're about even though this movie has some action sequences, they both dwell on things a lot longer than they should. In "The Power of the Dog" they tried to be profound, and though they didn't achieve that goal, this movie wasn't even trying to be profound.

The lighting was shockingly bad. About as bad as the acting. Sound design and set dec was fine. Directing was lackluster. (For example, there are some shots that get punched in on with an insert to make sure you don't forget a key piece of exposition...and I do always prefer exposition that is shown rather than said, but at least work it into the shot you're using and for God's sake, don't return to the same shot once it's done.)

I mean, I guess if it's on in the background while you do something else, it's fine. Please don't ever give Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone lines in a movie ever again though.