Texas Cotton

A fairly predictable, and low-key small country town crime-mystery, though not without its low-budget quirks. Headed by George Hardy (obviously iconic for Troll 2). There's nothing memorable about his dialogues here (ala "And you can't piss on hospitality! I won't allow it!!!"), but he gives a likeable down-to-earth performance as a grizzled lawman who takes on a case which possibly leads to a larger conspiracy involving his dying town and the wealthy mayor. While nothing out of the ordinary, this earnest story had me hooked in-spite of its leisured handling, minimal suspense and spotty acting.

A tale of big fish vs little fish told in a neo noir fashion with a twist.

I had only got 49 minutes in to this movie and I had to stop and find out more about it. I discovered it on YouTube completely by accident under a really general list of 'free Action movies 2017'. I've probably transgressed some copywrite issues along with whoever put it up on their YouTube Chanel, somehow I don't think anyone is going to be losing out massively. I've got to say that I haven't even seen the whole thing, but I've had to put it on hold so that I can ascertain that I'm not losing my mind and it's not one of the funniest films that I have seen in years. For a start, it's billed as an action movie, which considering the overall tempo thus-far, brought about my first set of the giggles. I have to say that I can't fairly conclude my review at this stage, but at this juncture, I do SERIOUSLY want to ask: are they taking the mick? It reminds me very much of David Lynch. I'm not an expert of film genres or critique, but I do recognise the term 'noir' and literally translate it as 'dark'. I believe one of the reviews I have read here describes it as such. Were they taking the Micky too? I have really lost all sense of objectivity and I have to say that I think, whether it was meant to be, or not, that it is, beyond all doubt, one of the funniest films that I have seen in years. I will add to this review when I've watched the whole movie and manage to stop laughing.

Yesterday I watched a movie that was interesting at first and that improved a lot towards the ending, and no it wasn't Texas Cotton. Texas Cotton is the exact opposite, it starts interesting as well but it gets much worse towards the end. The 'mystery' was already a bit obvious but it was still watchable, too bad the last twenty minutes went downhill and made it clear that the script was the weakest link. The acting was okay for some, mediocre from others. In short I liked this movie in the beginning but the last half hour made me change my mind completely.

I love the Texas crime sub-genre and this is a great entry! I also love Troll 2 starring George Hardy and it was really cool to see him in a serious role here. It was confusing at first because I've only ever seen him in what's now famously the "Best Worst Movie" ever made but he works out well in this, even alongside legends like Lew Temple and Gene Jones.