This film has the worst script, worst acting I have ever seen. I could only take 10 minutes before shutting it off.What I find even worse than the movie itself is that the DVD cover boasts that it is in the tradition of High Noon and Dances with Wolves and soon to be a classic. Even though I only lasted 10 minutes a blind person could spot flaws in the set. The dance hall saloon was lit up as bright as the Las Vegas strip even though it is supposedly lit by oil lanterns. I have a collection of over 600 westerns and I can tell you this one is NOT part of it. Save your money and especially your time and avoid this movie.

The Showdown. I will pit this Western against any other movie world wide that cost $100,000 USD to produce. I have read complaints about the sound of the guns and the cleanliness of the saloon. Please! give me a break this movie was filmed 100% in Central Illinois not on some multi million dollar sound stage. Every outdoor scene was filmed outdoors (OMG what a novel idea). Real horses not some special trained stunt horses. Every actor did his or her own stunts. Granted it may not have been the best western ever made and some of the acting sucked. But the men and women that acted in it never claimed to be Hollywood actors. I dare any of the complainers that ragged on this movie to make a better one for the same money. The fact that none of the actors have received more then a copy of the movie in exchange for their performances doesn't change the facts that each one put in a lot of hard work creating this film. I bought it after seeing it. I am very proud of a Film made in little old Peoria.

This is apparently somebody's home movie project gone horribly wrong. Note the list of "actors," all of whom share a handful of last names, and few of which have been in so much as a toothpaste commercial before, or since. The "director" hasn't directed anything else either, but at least he was an extra on an episode of Walker Texas Ranger.Needless to say the acting, writing, photography, direction and everything else are strictly amateur-hour. In all seriousness, if you filmed your local high school's drama club show, it couldn't be a whole lot worse. It makes the average after-school special look like Citizen Kane.Positive reviews and ratings are no doubt from the cast and crew. That is the ONLY possible explanation. In support of this, consider that as of this writing, neither of the two positive reviewers have reviewed a single other film on IMDb. In fact, they were written one day apart, and coincidentally right around the time that this direct-to-DVD crapfest would have been hitting the bottom shelf of your local video store.

This is a really great western. Hard to believe it was shot entirely in Illinois. I am from Texas and it sure fooled me. This is a truly wonderful experience and I was pleasantly surprised at how good it was. We need more of these independent films that show that people can make a movie an act of love and dedication. You can see that the folks that made this movie really cared about doing the best job possible and without being paid or having some kind of contract. It was created in their spare time and definitely took many hours of their free time to make it. Again all I can say is job well done folks, this is truly a labor of love. Hope to see more of these great endeavors.