The Magnificent Dead

The Magnificent Dead takes place in the 1870's in the small Texas town of Rosewood where local rancher Jared Hamilton and his men have declared war on the town, using fear and death to prevent a new railroad line from coming through. Guided by a priest, Father Julian the desperate town leaders decide to hire a group of six gunmen to help clean up the town.

These gunmen are legendary, as they are afflicted with Leprosy and fight with reckless abandon and ruthlessness, for they have nothing to lose.

Very odd and interesting movie. Well done overall. Don't expect a lot of crazy action from frame one. This movie builds slowly but it really is interesting in its understated way. Most of the acting is acceptable to good.

Some of the movie is a bit disjointed, but it's rather original. There's a bit of a disconnect in terms of who these leprosy guys are because they seem to come back to life after being shot.

For sure, the movie loses steam in the last third, but still, I'm scoring this based on originality and actually trying to make something cool.