Murder at Yellowstone City
- 2022
- 2h 7m
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5.4/10
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A former slave arrives in Yellowstone City, Montana, a desolate former boomtown now on the decline, looking for a place to call home. On that same day, a local prospector discovers gold - an... Read allA former slave arrives in Yellowstone City, Montana, a desolate former boomtown now on the decline, looking for a place to call home. On that same day, a local prospector discovers gold - and is murdered.A former slave arrives in Yellowstone City, Montana, a desolate former boomtown now on the decline, looking for a place to call home. On that same day, a local prospector discovers gold - and is murdered.
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Despite the famous cast of actors in this film, a bore fest.
A slow paced murder mysteries where little happens. I guessed who did it very early on which was a reflection of the poor direction and script.
Made for tv styling. Overacting left, right and centre.
Bad script, terrible acting.
This isn't a western but a fantasy and a very poor one.
I could go on but you get the picture......its terrible.
A slow paced murder mysteries where little happens. I guessed who did it very early on which was a reflection of the poor direction and script.
Made for tv styling. Overacting left, right and centre.
Bad script, terrible acting.
This isn't a western but a fantasy and a very poor one.
I could go on but you get the picture......its terrible.
Wanted to give it 7 stars, would give it 6 1/2 if possible..
Positives- actors, a couple creative scenes I hadn't seen before in a Western, cinematography not bad at all, acting decent, plot line acceptable and actually analogous to the world at large, which I'm not sure was intentional, but works from my perspective..
Negatives- everything looks new, like they just made it or polished it up.. Kinda weak on I presume the set masters part.. I don't think it's giving anything away to toss in the typical scenario of people getting shot several times, then still functioning.. Of course bullets rarely run out and Hollywood does what it does and way overdoes the booms and bangs.. They had an ok idea for the script, but I suspect in order to get the picture made the studio or some idiot producer decided they needed more bang for the buck.. It's too bad as if they had let it alone (and gave it a better title) this could have been very good.. As is, I found it entertaining enough.. No worse than dozens of old B rated Westerns from years gone by.. If they'd have fixed the 3 main problems I mentioned (and the stupid title) it could have been a contender.. I give it bonus points for the deeper world view and I hope people get some value from that as not many movies can offer that these days.. Certainly better than a lot of the garbage I've seen over recent years..! 🤔
Positives- actors, a couple creative scenes I hadn't seen before in a Western, cinematography not bad at all, acting decent, plot line acceptable and actually analogous to the world at large, which I'm not sure was intentional, but works from my perspective..
Negatives- everything looks new, like they just made it or polished it up.. Kinda weak on I presume the set masters part.. I don't think it's giving anything away to toss in the typical scenario of people getting shot several times, then still functioning.. Of course bullets rarely run out and Hollywood does what it does and way overdoes the booms and bangs.. They had an ok idea for the script, but I suspect in order to get the picture made the studio or some idiot producer decided they needed more bang for the buck.. It's too bad as if they had let it alone (and gave it a better title) this could have been very good.. As is, I found it entertaining enough.. No worse than dozens of old B rated Westerns from years gone by.. If they'd have fixed the 3 main problems I mentioned (and the stupid title) it could have been a contender.. I give it bonus points for the deeper world view and I hope people get some value from that as not many movies can offer that these days.. Certainly better than a lot of the garbage I've seen over recent years..! 🤔
Starts as an average western story with decent cinematography and a very interesting cast.
The first half of the movie is passable, waiting to see how it builds up, nothing special happens. The third quarter falls in a sequence of disappointing clichés, completely making me lose the faith in the movie, but the last quarter was absolute nonsense! I couldn't believe such bad writing, I couldn't stop rolling my eyes and wondering in amazement what the hell was going on and why everyone was doing what they were doing. Abysmal.
I won't bother mentioning any other aspect of the movie, I'm giving some points on the technical aspect and the casting, all the rest is pathetic.
The first half of the movie is passable, waiting to see how it builds up, nothing special happens. The third quarter falls in a sequence of disappointing clichés, completely making me lose the faith in the movie, but the last quarter was absolute nonsense! I couldn't believe such bad writing, I couldn't stop rolling my eyes and wondering in amazement what the hell was going on and why everyone was doing what they were doing. Abysmal.
I won't bother mentioning any other aspect of the movie, I'm giving some points on the technical aspect and the casting, all the rest is pathetic.
The script was all of the place at some parts, but at other parts it felt well written, and well done, you also couldnt expect most of the outcomes, and thats great, and i liked it... Until its writing turned stupid, and logic details started to bothered me in the plot.
Ending could had been done way more wisely instead of turning it into an "dont care action western", what it didnt feel like at all from the start, and i hated that aspect.
On some scenes the side actors were a bit robotic.
Recently i have been watching alot of older movies, now when i return to the modern ones i notice one thing i dislike alot is that some extra actors dont feel like they matter, at all, theyre just robots in a way. Following what their task is in the scene. Rarely got that feeling while watching an older movie.
So overall, great acting from most, but some stuff failed, so cant rate this high, just average 5/10.
Ending could had been done way more wisely instead of turning it into an "dont care action western", what it didnt feel like at all from the start, and i hated that aspect.
On some scenes the side actors were a bit robotic.
Recently i have been watching alot of older movies, now when i return to the modern ones i notice one thing i dislike alot is that some extra actors dont feel like they matter, at all, theyre just robots in a way. Following what their task is in the scene. Rarely got that feeling while watching an older movie.
So overall, great acting from most, but some stuff failed, so cant rate this high, just average 5/10.
Lots of well-known faces in what is quite possibly the one of the worst westerns I've seen. I only queued this up because of some of the actors.
I was bored.. so terribly bored after the opening 5 minutes... it's dialog... all dialog... not good dialog.. just dialog... for an hour an a half.. then something happens in the last 10 minutes as well.
Frankly the filmmakers would have to pay be a hefty fee to sit through this thing a second time.
Don't bother.
I was bored.. so terribly bored after the opening 5 minutes... it's dialog... all dialog... not good dialog.. just dialog... for an hour an a half.. then something happens in the last 10 minutes as well.
Frankly the filmmakers would have to pay be a hefty fee to sit through this thing a second time.
Don't bother.
Did you know
- TriviaGabriel Byrne has played the father of both Wolff brothers in two separate films. In this film, he plays the father of Nat Wolff's character. In the 2018 film Hereditary, he played the father of Alex Wolff's character.
- GoofsThe congregation sings the gospel song "When the storms of life are raging", which was written in 1905. The movie is set in 1888.
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- Also known as
- Assassinat a Yellowstone
- Filming locations
- Emigrant, Montana, USA(Yellowstone Film Ranch)
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- $7,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 7 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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