To Hell and Gone

Decent little hiest movie. Thought it was going to be far worse than it was. I felt like it sat right on the edge of being really good but never quite got there. If they had written the drifters charachter to be more proactive in his efforts after the action comes to the ranch, I think it would have been much better. He was acting to selfishly for me to really root for the guy which seemed like the writers/directors intent. Acting was ok. Not bad. Not great.

I like the place, it's scenery, characters and the simplicity of the storyline. And perfect feeling of witnessing the adventures of this drifter guy. Weak part of the movie (IMHO) was the editing that had left some confusing cuts. Some were not clear enough, or out of rhythm or skipping and leaving me with a feeling that I had missed something - so I had to review those scenes again and again just to feel the same problem. Meanwhile, this is just my perception. And I write this review exactly because I like the movie!)

Some original scenes and an inverted unnamed hero in a background of classical opera music; something definitely off the track and entertaining.

No big name production here but real spaghetti western style. A pretty unbelievable plot with many holes but delivery kept me going. Try it out.

The director got a couple things right--beautiful cinematography and a likeable well developed supporting female character. Unfortunately he didn't make the lead male likeable because the character was introduced performing only immoral acts. Getting attached to his actions as a hero "to try save the day" later on wasn't as believable or easy.