Where to begin... I was hoping that the thoroughly enjoyable Chris Hemsworth would deliver a performance somewhere near his Thor persona, but that was not to be. Neither did Bruce Dern, Kris Kristoferson, Trace Adkins, or anyone else live up to previous acting efforts. I really blame the director and cinematographer, for delivering a completely mundane, slow motion, unimaginative waste of everyone's time. The camera angles were mostly locked down, the acting unnatural, the script tiresome, the editing trite, and I completely missed whether or not there was an accompanying music score. I gave up on this train wreck after watching the first two thirds, as the dishwasher needed unloading.

I am be a little prejudiced, but my son Hunter Fischer is the main little boy in the movie. We have worked with Trace, Kris, Bruce and Kai in a few movies love them all. We grew to love Luke Hemsworth he is an amazing person. We love love the whole cast a crew. They are an amazing group of people.

As a cowboy and ranch owner and one who has followed movies for years I would rate this much higher than most critics. It is not based on an award winning novel like Herman Mellvilles Mobey Dick which in a movie about it In .TheHeart Of The Sea, played Jason by Luke Hemsworth it takes dome historical liberties, actually quite a few. It us well photographed, as plausable as some Hickok movies, and was quite enjoyable. I watched it with a batch of friends who are nit a steeped in western lore and they thought it was excellent. Hunter Fusher is quite good as the young boy, K Lyman as John Wesley Hardin who,in reality killed about as many in gunfights as anyone in the real old west, that role was very good, as to wooden acting, many people actually play the role mostly as themselves and TeacevAdkins plays a good crooked guy, and tough adversary, Bruce Dean makes a god Doctor and Cameron Richardson make a good female lead. Go see it, suspend your critical nature, it is an enjoyable western!

Students of history know the legend of James Butler Hickok was highly fictionalized in the dime novels of his era; however, this film goes so far beyond fiction that the title and titled character could have been called Wild Bill Pisspot and no one would be any wiser that the story was supposed to be about Hickok. The acting barely existent. Kris Kristofferson has kept his streak alive by being in yet another film in which displays absolutely no acting ability. As for Trace Atkins, he definitely shouldn't quit his singing career since it's something he's actually good at. I'm sure he's having fun dressing up and playing cowboy in the movies, but he does so at the cost of his dignity. He should consider firing his Hollywood agent and any posse of yes men who deceptively praise his performance, and face that fact acting talent he has not. Luke Hemsworth's performance is mediocre at best, but I believe it's entirely a result of an idiotic, unscreenworthy screenplay and lack of directing talent. I liked Bruce Dern as the kindly old drunken doctor, but the Director and Screenwriter did him a grave disservice by limiting his role and providing him dialogue that is far beneath his talent. I'll never forget the first time I saw Bruce Dern in a movie. It was 1972, I was 11 years old watching John Wayne and The Cowboys at the local movie house, and Bruce Dern simply scared the the hell out of me and my buddies when he threatened the little cowboy with the eyeglasses. For a long time afterward, we all but despised Dern. To making such a lasting and emotional impression on a generation of movie goers is the sign of an exceptional actor. As for the editing of this not so fine feature, once could only assume the job was given to the producer's young brother-in-law in order to just get his unreal Hollywood housewife to get the hell off his back about finding Junior a job in the movie business, because this film's editing is as choppy as it gets. To all the non-psychic investors out there who actually helped finance this F-class movie, I'm sure there are many more realist viewers out there who are thinking...."suckers!"