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I was expecting a decent western flick. The story had promise but there was so much missing. The acting was decent and some of the dialog was well written. What ruined it was all the missing ingredients for a decent western. Using a brass frames pietta 1958 Remington black powder pistol was a big sin. Remington never made brass framed pistols, Those are cheap replicas made today. Pa stated he had a heifer and was waiting for a bull to start breeding. Where did the heifer stay? All they had was a one room shack with a good electrical service as the lighting was poor and too bright. No corral, barn, of any kind for animals, Not even a single horse in the whole movie. There was too much un-needed conversations that drug on forever.

Both my wife and myself are huge fans of the Joe Pickett books and are currently reading his new one, "Storm Watch". After watching an interview of C. J. Box on his new book, he did talk about the Joe Pickett series and that season 2 was in the can. Last night we decided to watch Season 1. We only got through 1 and a half episodes. One of the worst WOK adaptations we have ever seen. First thing my wife said was, the actor playing Pickett had no resemblance to the character. Second, Marybeth gets a call regarding a blood test, yeah blood test, saying she is pregnant. The nest day she suddenly appears to be at least 6 months along. So it takes a blood test to let these numbskull characters know that she is 6 months pregnant? We also learned that Wyoming fish and game wardens turn black after retiring. Don't let me get started on Nates transformation.

A much better title would be "Monkey VS Monster". They have a chimp turn into what looks like a big stuffed toy monkey and a Gila monster that turns into some sort of large lizard. Terrible dialog, bad acting, bad CGI makes for a very funny film. Lots of "WTF's which will keep you scratching your head. Gave it a 2 instead of a 1 due to the somewhat entertainment we got out of this.