Honestly, what a weird film in some ways. The first 11 minutes feel like a random events plot to set up the rest of it, and the movie blatantly feels like it should have just had Ben/John be friends to start the movie. The entire thing feels off when the film treats them like close friends who have a rift growing when in actuality they literally just met and Ben only knew his dad. The ending also goes RIGHT to comedy music with the coroner measuring the bodies after what is supposed to be a very dramatic scene of everyone dying. And then the movie has a super happy ending even though Alice's life got wrecked with her brother and close friend / rival love interest dead.
About 50% of this film is riding horses, but without a deft touch behind the camera there isn't much energy of them. But in some ways the often amateur editing (there's a multitude of VERY clear cuts) actually makes it better? It gives it almost an amateur home movie feel, even though in this case it was just cheap production. It almost felt like the rough cuts could have been turned stylistic.
The bartender being the guy who can most beat up John Wayne in the movie is quite funny. Dunno why he didn't shoot ol' John when he had a clear shot and literally was there to kill him though.
About 50% of this film is riding horses, but without a deft touch behind the camera there isn't much energy of them. But in some ways the often amateur editing (there's a multitude of VERY clear cuts) actually makes it better? It gives it almost an amateur home movie feel, even though in this case it was just cheap production. It almost felt like the rough cuts could have been turned stylistic.
The bartender being the guy who can most beat up John Wayne in the movie is quite funny. Dunno why he didn't shoot ol' John when he had a clear shot and literally was there to kill him though.