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In 1889, drifter and hired gun Cole Brandt stalks the Arizona desert where his travels take him to the lawless town of Dead River.
There Brandt meets the beautiful Cassey May who works at the local brothel, where Travis McCain, a deadly outlaw, holds Dead River in a fearful grip. When McCain threatens Cassey with her life Brandt finds himself alone, facing off against McCain s killers as the stage is set for a bloody showdown...
One man dares to take a stand. One town will be changed forever. In a fight for freedom, the day has come for The Gundown...
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* INTERVIEWS WITH CAST & CREW
* TRAILER
There Brandt meets the beautiful Cassey May who works at the local brothel, where Travis McCain, a deadly outlaw, holds Dead River in a fearful grip. When McCain threatens Cassey with her life Brandt finds himself alone, facing off against McCain s killers as the stage is set for a bloody showdown...
One man dares to take a stand. One town will be changed forever. In a fight for freedom, the day has come for The Gundown...
SPECIAL FEATURES:
* INTERVIEWS WITH CAST & CREW
* TRAILER
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is a modern western with very traditional western roots. There have been quite a few lower budget westerns made in recent years of very varying quality. Some like the hopelessly inept "Defiance" have been dire, whilst others have been decent efforts to breathe new life into a genre that refuses to die out altogether. It seems there is still an American market for these films, and a few diehard overseas fans as well. This one falls in the pretty decent category. Whilst not in the same category as so many older westerns, this one is a game effort. Peter Coyote is the archetypal gunslinger out to help the good guys, and pretty women of course, trying to run a saloon and keep law and order against the outlaws who have taken control. Its the eternal struggle of good versus bad, and the bad guys are very naughty in this film. Heaven forbid they even use the F word a lot! They also fail to give due respect the fairer sex, which is simply unforgiveable.
There is plenty of decent action and Peter Coyote is more than adequate as the gunslinger Cole Brandt. Veronica Diaz is fun as a very wicked lady gunslinger and William Shockley is good as the George Armstrong Custer looking villain. The film lacks some decent location filming which embellishes so many westerns, but makes up for that in gutsy action. We have saloons, horses, bad guys, good guys and a few thrills and spills. Thats good enough for me! Unlike so many films the western does not have to be as intellectual challenging. Given its clearly limited budget this is a good effort. Lets hope for a few more like this. Three and a half rounded up to a generous four. Aint I nice!
There is plenty of decent action and Peter Coyote is more than adequate as the gunslinger Cole Brandt. Veronica Diaz is fun as a very wicked lady gunslinger and William Shockley is good as the George Armstrong Custer looking villain. The film lacks some decent location filming which embellishes so many westerns, but makes up for that in gutsy action. We have saloons, horses, bad guys, good guys and a few thrills and spills. Thats good enough for me! Unlike so many films the western does not have to be as intellectual challenging. Given its clearly limited budget this is a good effort. Lets hope for a few more like this. Three and a half rounded up to a generous four. Aint I nice!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By CYMRO
Format:DVD
Pity that we cannot have a Region 2 version of this film released, a number of Westerns of considerable VINTAGE are being issued, surely it would be of VANTAGE to us to have a Region 2 Release!
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3.2 out of 5 stars
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
There should be more Westerns, but not like this
21 Nov 2011
By William Fulks
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD
Whoever wrote this saw one too many episodes of Deadwood because it has more F-words in the first scene than what you might hear in a gangster movie. The action scenes feature cuts between every punch and there are lots of weird pauses during conversations. You'll probably hear a lot of complaints about the editing and direction on this one. In the end, it's pretty forgettable. You can watch it streaming on Netflix if you want to check it out right now, though.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Actually, not too bad until the end!
2 Dec 2011
By Archie Mercer
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD
I took a shot on this one as I do love good westerns. And for the most part I can say I enjoyed the film. It tends to use a lot of western clichés. For example, the good guy is a stranger who ends up helping a family in distress against huge odds, the bad guy tends to wear black and is pure evil. The good guys always hit what they shoot at, the bad guys usually JUST miss, and of course there is the preverbal saloon whore with a heart of gold who is in danger. Basic stuff to say the least. But there are a few twists as well. The sexy female gunslinger for one, played by Veronica Diaz, adds spice to the plot.
The movie itself has a good flow and solid character development. Overall I enjoyed the film, at least until the final confrontation. At that point the film just got silly. It features a chase scene with the bad guy chasing a stagecoach with the good guy chasing him. Not quite sure what the bad guy has in mind as he's out of bullets and completely outnumbered. But instead of an explosive finale we get one that kind of fizzles. The movie ends with a quick 'feel-good' scene set two years in the future.
Again, overall I liked the film as it has many of the qualities that make up a good western. I just wish the ending was better. I would recommend the film as a good escape flick for those nights where you have nothing better to do.
The movie itself has a good flow and solid character development. Overall I enjoyed the film, at least until the final confrontation. At that point the film just got silly. It features a chase scene with the bad guy chasing a stagecoach with the good guy chasing him. Not quite sure what the bad guy has in mind as he's out of bullets and completely outnumbered. But instead of an explosive finale we get one that kind of fizzles. The movie ends with a quick 'feel-good' scene set two years in the future.
Again, overall I liked the film as it has many of the qualities that make up a good western. I just wish the ending was better. I would recommend the film as a good escape flick for those nights where you have nothing better to do.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Another western where the plot and idea are better then the actual movie itself. Not bad just very, very slow. I say C-
21 Aug 2011
By Tony Heck
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD
"If you had been under my command I'd have had you hung. I will never pay you a cent for protection." Travis McCain (Shockley) has taken over the town of Dead River and the people are living in fear. When Cole Brandt (Walker) comes in to town looking for revenge for the murderer of his wife and child he finds someone that needs to be taken care of. This is a movie where the plot and idea is much better then the movie was. While it had some really good scenes and action, it was just much, much to slow moving and hard to get into. The acting was not bad and it was decently made, it was just really tough to get into. If you are a hardcore western fan this till appeal to you, if you like an occasional one it would be better to go find a different one. Overall, not a bad movie just way to slow to fully keep you interested for the entire time. I give it a C-.
Would I watch again? - I barely made it through once. No
Would I watch again? - I barely made it through once. No
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