Mark Valley's body tumbles out of a train. Wandering cowboy/preacher Leon Coffee finds him. He first thinks he's a corpse, with a lot of paper money hidden in his boot, then discovers that he's alive, has no memory of who he is. They travel together for a while and conclude that he is a vicious gunfighter.
Modern westerns seem to be mostly about open spaces and violence, and this one has both. However, there is something off about the visuals, with earlier sequences looking more like video than film, the colors wan and washed out. That largely resolves itself as time goes by; perhaps it is intended as a metaphor for Valley's mental condition. I also find that the simple, stereotyped characters in a mix of post-spaghetti-western and classic B movie style to be rather dull; with a movie that runs over a hundred minutes, there should be time for some character depth. Yet only Coffee's character in brought out. Even so, if you're a fan of westerns, you'll probably enjoy this. With R. Lee Ermey, Morgana Shaw, and Buck Taylor.
Modern westerns seem to be mostly about open spaces and violence, and this one has both. However, there is something off about the visuals, with earlier sequences looking more like video than film, the colors wan and washed out. That largely resolves itself as time goes by; perhaps it is intended as a metaphor for Valley's mental condition. I also find that the simple, stereotyped characters in a mix of post-spaghetti-western and classic B movie style to be rather dull; with a movie that runs over a hundred minutes, there should be time for some character depth. Yet only Coffee's character in brought out. Even so, if you're a fan of westerns, you'll probably enjoy this. With R. Lee Ermey, Morgana Shaw, and Buck Taylor.