No.
I found this to be nearly unwatchable. Granted, I never liked the story in the first place and I have a natural distaste for doughy, family movies. Many Christian critics love the film, but anytime you have a snotty kid in the lead and celebrities doing voice overs for two-dimensional, hollow, characters, it is too much for me to take. I do not recommend this movie, however if you like vacuous family fare that neither entertains or instructs, you have a movie to put on your must-see list.
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posted by Michelle Obama's Left Nut at 9:00 AM
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Looking beyond that, the trailer doesn't give much to really draw us in. The cause for the lead (Stephen Dorff) to be sent to prison is compelling, but there's no real sense what the purpose of the story is beyond that. The point I take away from the trailer is that prison is violent and unpleasant. Okay, I get it, and...?
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Screenwriter: Ric Roman Waugh (In the Shadows)
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Actors: Val Kilmer (Spartan), Stephen Dorff (Blade), Sam Shepard (Thunderheart), Harold Perrineau (The Edge), and Anne Archer (Clear and Present Danger)
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posted by Michelle Obama's Left Nut at 9:00 AM
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Nope.
They've turned the Wild West into the Wandering, Talks Too Much West.
If you think the title is needlessly drawn out, wait until you see the movie. It has now been proven, you can take one of the most interesting and infamous criminals in American history and turn him into a yammering, and boring she-male. The intentions when making this film may have been good but the results are dismal. For those of you looking for a traditional Western, you're clean out of luck. This isn't a Western, it simply takes place in that time frame. If you're looking for a headier work, you're still going to come up dry. All this movie is offering is two hours and twenty minutes of talented actors drawling through long tracts of dialog for no real purpose. I kept getting the feeling that this was the result of a bunch of effete snobs wandering in the woods telling each other how smart they are.
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posted by Michelle Obama's Left Nut at 7:23 AM
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