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6.1/10 • 62

2023-04-021h 40m

WesternActionDrama

Never surrender.

After her stagecoach is ambushed, a woman is tasked with holding a dangerous outlaw captive and must survive the day when the bandit’s gang tries to free him.

Directors
Anthony Mandler
Writters
Justin Thomas, Andrew Pagana
Editors
Ron Patane

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Letitia Wright

    Letitia Wright

    Mo Washington

  2. Jamie Bell

    Jamie Bell

    Tommy Walsh

  3. Michael Kenneth Williams

    Michael Kenneth Williams

    Will Clay

  4. Jeffrey Donovan

    Jeffrey Donovan

    Wheeler

  5. Kevin Wiggins

    Kevin Wiggins

    Curly

  6. Brett Gelman

    Brett Gelman

    Mr. Fields

  7. Luce Rains

    Luce Rains

    Goldie

  8. Andrew Pagana

    Andrew Pagana

    Andy

  9. Augusta Allen-Jones

    Augusta Allen-Jones

    Ms. Borders

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CinemaSerf

Nov 8, 2023

6/10

When a stagecoach is ambushed by a violent gang of outlaws, it is left to the quiet and unassuming war veteran "Mo" (Letitia Wright) to keep an eye on the captured "Tommy" (Jamie Bell) whilst her colleagues go off in search of a bag of loot that their would-be robbers had already stolen. The wily and ruthless "Tommy" tries all sort of tactics to try and get her to trust him - and to untie him from a tree, but she is no shrinking violet and it is only when his own gang turn up and she faces some perilous choices that he ends up at liberty and she finds herself facing the ultimate fight for survival. It's not really a Western, I think, this film - it could easily work the same in an urban environment. It's a more of an attempt at a more sophisticated story that looks at sex and race in what was essentially a white man's rather harsh world, and Wright fulfils the role effectively for the most part. Bell is also a good actor when his temper is allowed to run wild and has a rawness that's usually quite fun to watch too. Add to that duo the rather menacing presence of "Clay" (Michael Kenneth Williams) and we should have been set for a cracking story. Sadly, though - we don't get it. The build up scenes and character establishment tee us up well, but when it comes to the execution of the gist of the story, the thing just falls away and becomes rather procedural and familiar. The photography works well as does Robin Hannibal's score, but the dialogue all-too-quickly becomes rather mono-syllabically banal and the film simply runs out of steam after forty minutes or so. There is something suitably vindicating about the denouement, but by then I'm not sure I really cared that much any more. It's certainly worth a watch but I found it disappointing.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Keywords
civil wargold mineoutlawfrontierstagecoachbuffalo soldier