This western starts out very well, then gets too Rambo-ish, meaning the bad guys can't hit the side of a barn with their shots. Despite that credibility problem, it's a pretty good film with excellent sound, nice cinematography, some interesting special-effects and sound with the gunshots and wounds and a different kind of soundtrack. I needed the TV Guardian with this because there is an excessive amount of Lord's name in vain in here.Actually, this is a modern-day film noir put in a western setting. Edgy characters played by Sam Elliott (the ultimate cowboy face), Craig Sheffer, Linda Fiorentino (hard-nosed, as always), Bradford Whitford and Frank Whalley.

Conagher, with Sam Elliot, is much better. Don't know if I've ever seen such phony, bogus gunfights. Everybody shoots everything they can to supposedly kill each other, but only one person seeming dies from it. But this is a "politically correct" tale of a woman who murders her man. Making bad choices of men is not new, is it? The cinematography & costumes including some cool hats are nice, so much so you might want to put on a slicker & be tough with a gun or two. Ha! DejaVu, all over again? This movie is not for the cerebrally gifted, more for those, including feminist apologists, holding on to the past/their "stuff", like possibly blame, the belief in violence, revenge, glorifying the "good old days".

This movie seems to have been written under the shade of Unforgiven - the beating of a woman justifies over a dozen murders. I didn't see it that way. Throughout the movie, my sympathy (unlike that of Mr. English who also reviewed this) was with the marshal (as rough as he was) in catching and hanging the murderer - and her partner. The movie was very well-done though - and a particularly wonderful and surprising beginning.Note the wonderful chimed music when things get most exciting. It's worth seeing. Linda Fiorentino is superb - and Elliott was born to play westerns - and does this wonderfully - with great restraint.

This little-known Western is well-made and well-cast, with strong performances from Craig Sheffer and Linda Fiorentino. What starts out as a light-hearted romp becomes progressively darker, shading into tragedy at the end. There is an unusual and striking music score, which materially adds to the film.