Dead Man's Hand

Not even five minutes into this movie I wanted to turn it off, but I stuck it out a full half hour before eventually giving up on this unwatchable western. From the soundtrack to the unbelievable acting I wasn't drawn in by any aspect of this movie.

None of the characters make an attempt to even sound period appropriate. Dialogue is flat and uninteresting. Despite having some of the Yellowstone actors on set, even they couldn't make this movie bearable to watch. Cole Houser gives the most believable Cowboy performance of the cast, and even here I was disappointed that there wasn't more grit in his character and dialogue. There rest of the cast seems to be what today's Hollywood thinks a Cowboy should be and it's not at all believable.

I can't make much more of a review because I admittedly tapped out of this train wreck early, but I doubt anyone was going to suddenly learn how to portray a western cowboy if they didn't figure it out in the first half hour.

Save your time and find another western to watch, this one will disappoint even the most casual western fan.

How much we wanted this western to live up to it's 7.9 Rating. Terrible, excessive, painfully poor acting by some of the main characters, barely believable story. Honestly, I wasn't planning to write a review as I am usually far too lazy but, on impulse, I chose to lookup True Grit - suspecting that even that classic would be ranked at lower than 7.9. And so it was. True Grit is rated at 7.4 as of this writing. Spurred by this travesty, here I am to say my piece. We looked forward to seeing Cole Hauser in a new movie. Although he wasn't given much to do, he was believable and gave a credible performance. Steven Dorff didn't have the same presence as he did in Old Hernry, hisThe roles of two of the stars. The actors playing Reno and Vegas just weren't good. Perhaps it was the material they were given to work with. The writing wasn't a highlight. Lots of shooting, blood spatters, fingers being chopped off, etc. If these things are your bag, however, give this clunker a try.

Too bad that Forrie J Smith and Cole Hauser couldn't pull this move out of the ditch.

THEY were great, and should have had a much more front and center role....and obviously should have had a more hands-on participation in the movie... They likely could have saved it. Forrie and Cole know ho to make it all work.

The scenes they were in were great. The rest of the movie was sadly lacking...obviously though no fault of Forrie and Cole.

I'm hoping to see them team up with a better project very soon.

Forrie and Cole were just great, the rest of the story was sadly lacking, in terms of continuity and believability.

Bring on more Forrie and Cole Westerns... Just Do Better! :) They shouldn't be expected to carry the ENTIRE movie, especially when they aren't the main characters.

They were basically the only good things about this project!

Fingers crossed.

I created an account just so I could leave a review. I have never left any kind of review before so it must be bad to have motivated me to do so. I am very disappointed in this movie. There is nothing believable in this movie. The story line is bad. The acting is horrible. The stunts were laughable. Even the makeup was bad. And certainly the editing left much to be desired. I find it hard to believe I sat through the whole thing. Given the actor's names I thought it would be decent. But nope. I feel like I can not trust anything that they may be in in the future. The only redeeming value was Cole Hauser.

What a horrible movies. I can't believe this, it's crappy. Horrible story line. There is nothing that catches the eye. I thought Cole Hauser would bring some interesting dialogue to this movie, it didn't happen. The sound effects were not in tune to what is happening. I would not recommend this movie to anyone. Please save your money for a better movie. Half the actors and actresses over acted in an attempt to make themselves look good. I just can't find anything positive to say about this movie. From beginning to where I quit watching just poor everything. If you want to watch a good duster, go back to the 70's, you'll find tons.