Sometimes I think I must have an organic brain issue: To me, films like South of Heaven are the gold standard of film westerns; it elevates the genre to a perfectly tuned noir, where style and mythos entwine like the gunpowder that the hero burns and huffs to keep himself grounded. The film's bizarrely low IMDb User rating makes me wonder if I need help, or what.I found the flick to be a wonder, from bottom (production) to top (mythos). The writing is absolute gold, the direction is fine-tuned, the acting beyond professional. And all the foregoing feels of-a-piece.The product teases you along its wispy thin tendrils of character development and dusky-framed scenario snapshots, and succeeds where so many films fail; at creating a truly immersive cinematic experience that transcends its pretense of genre (western) to create a compelling shadow play of morality, honor, and all else besides.Don't side with the rabble: Give it a shot.

We (hubby and I) love westerns and I got a deal on this one at Walmart. We sat down to watch and it was so full of needless profanity not to mention a badly written story that we could neither one sit through it to the end-after about 45 minutes we took the DVD out and put it where it belonged- in the trash. What a waste of money not to mention 45 minutes we can never get back. Go back to singing Dwight. I hate that I have to add more to this review because the movie doesn't deserve to have any more written about it but this thing is telling me that my review isn't long enough. I wish I didn't have to give it one star because it didn't deserve that!

South Of Heaven Looks Terrific. All of the production department did great work on this picture. The Director of Photography was James Glennon and he and his camera department crew shot a beautiful western movie in Arizona locations and western towns. His exteriors look like a big movie and his interiors are beautifully lit. Le Dawson was the costume designer, Production Designer was Siobhan Roome, Lee Ross worked as Art Director, Bart, Dennis Dion and their team did the Special Effects. The entire crew were all top talents. The Audio Recording crew did such good work on location sound recording that there was no need for re-recording dialogue. Enjoy how wonderful all the scenes just look like such a good looking big motion picture and all produced on a limited budget. Enjoy it. Top cast as well.

I was intrigued (and unsettled) enough about it on my first viewing to give it a second viewing and I'm glad I did.To begin with, this movie contains some of the best acting Vince Vaughn has done in his career. Vince is a mercurial, talented actor who is wasted in most of his formula films (Wedding Crashers, Couples Retreat). His other great acting was under Sean Penn's direction in Into the Wild. I think the fact that Dwight got such a performance out of Vince speaks volumes about Dwight's abilities as a director.With that said, the poor editing on this movie diluted the power of some of the scenes. And because of that, I think the movie suffered. But if you want to see a movie that visually beautiful, radical and slow in places -- but eventually quite interesting-- then this is a movie for you. Forget the formulas. This is an homage to Spaghetti Westerns, Film Noir and Classic Horror films. Also, I can't say enough about the soundtrack. It was perfect and the soundtrack album is even better.