Texas Cotton

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

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.

I'm usually a fan of neo westerns and I was further drawn to watching this because I was curious to see George Hardy in a straight dramatic role. Although I think Hardy did alright with what he was given ultimately there is very little worth watching here. I won't give any spoilers, and you won't need them because you will most likely figure out the "mystery" here pretty much from the first scene. With no intrigue left you will find yourself simply marveling at the poor writing, improbably scenarios, mostly bad acting and strange explosions. I did learn that apparently in Texas anyone can just walk into a courtroom after the defense rests and just start calling witnesses. Juliette Danielle from the Room is in here ever so briefly but there really is no reason to watch this one. Very disappointing.

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.

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.