Texas Cotton

A very solid suspense/thriller with a heck of a twist. The sheriff carried the movie very well. I like how they mixed a little humor with it. A good watch

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.

This film starts out as Andy of Mayberry but the plot thickens into a British formula mystery. George Hardy is a very believable Texas lawman. Jason Douglas is a full of himself small town mayor. Jud Lorman is a prosecutor and when the prosecutor and the mayor are in court together you can't help but reminisce of those to actors in their scene in Jack Reacher. But in this film they both have significant parts and it is easy to see what great actors they are. Gene Jones also gets to show his stuff much more so than he did in No Country for Old Men.

The plot of this movie requires you to really concentrate for it to make sense. If you put forth the effort it is a great mystery, if you don't you won't get it.

The cinematography is great and the sound track is true Texas. Mike and the Moon Pies "You can't fun out on me" is a real red dirt sensation, too bad it didn't get mor play

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