I have seen some bad movies, but the best thing I can say for this movie is that it is not the worst I have seen. I wasn't sure if it was the writer's or the director's fault, but since Jared Isham gets both credits, I can blame it on him. The same problem goes on throughout this movie over and over. Bad guy has gun. Good guy has chance to take gun or takes gun. Good guy basically gives the gun back. I can say that I have never seen a movie squash the suspension of disbelief so many times. Watching this was painful to say the least.

In my past user comments I've written for the IMDb, I have warned readers about movies made by the studio called The Asylum. Now I'm here to warn you about another studio, Barnholtz Entertainment. Like The Asylum, anything coming from them is to be avoided at all costs, including this movie. I admit that I only lasted about twenty minutes before giving up, but those twenty minutes were so awful I couldn't see the movie getting any better. There were modern-looking buildings, absolutely awful cinematography made worse by obviously being compressed for the DVD, terrible acting, cheap-looking sets (I admit I did laugh at how small the saloon was, however), and really bad writing. Even if you love westerns like I do, you'll find this backyard production torture to sit through.

After reading the other comments about this film, I couldn't help but write something. I'll have to admit that I didn't notice the power lines, modern fences, and satellite dish at first. I don't watch the scenes that closely. Those who said the actors did a good job, however... what are you smoking!?! First of all, they didn't have much to work with, because the script was horrible - way too wordy. Other than that, Steve Savage and Bruce Isham (who is probably the writer/director's dad) couldn't act worth a penny. Both overacted worse than you could imagine. The only possible reasons anyone would say that the acting was good is either because Jarret LeMaster didn't overact like the others or they thought Michelle Acuna was hot. The only reason I rented this was because I had just watched another independent western, "Shadowheart," which was pretty good. Of course, it's hard to find a western as good as The Searchers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, etc... As an avid fan of westerns, though, I am always open to a good indie, and this one definitely fails.

I approached this film with a totally open mind, (there were no comments or reviews that I could find ;-). The opening scene was, to me, slightly marred by the obviously too modern barn architecture in the background but I let it go - until the obligatory bar-fight scene, when the fighters spilled out into the "street".In the background here was a neat row of about a dozen dark green, 35 foot tall Italian Cypresses, standing out in stark contrast to the tan scrub hillsides and framed beneath 6 power lines. None of these would have been in the "old west" and it would have taken 25 years or so for the Cypresses to obtain that height once they arrived. OK, I will ignore them (and ignore the composition shingle roofing on these buildings).In the next major scene, however, where the villain is abusing the damsel-in-distress, I couldn't possibly ignore the 8-foot high chain-link fence in that background; mercifully it was mostly covered in overgrowth but still unmistakable and peeking out over it's top was a modern building, sporting new-styled Spanish cement tiles and if that weren't enough - a satellite dish on it's front.From that point on, it was a matter of earning back respect and in many regards, that was accomplished. Interior scenes were much better as were the field scenes, the major offense to the optic nerve here was caused by the choice of the "town" it was filmed in (did I mention the modern milled-plywood siding?) and the subsequent lack of concise post-editing to at least try to ameliorate these errors.The actors and lead actress put on a good show. My own feeling is that the origins of the maiden's plight needed some additional clarity. There were also many "dissolve to blacks", which sort of left one waiting for a commercial occasionally. Camera work was pretty solid as was direction. Gunfights were surprisingly good. The score, however, was outstanding.Not a bad first effort.