Reviews

Quite possibly one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Wooden acting, stilted dialogue, obviously fake fist fights, and a story that defies all attempts at any possibility of believability. The story makes no sense whatsoever; the characters are uniformly greedy and untrustworthy except for Scott who seems to accept his imprisonment and hanging with little or no emotion. After working hard to raise his stake, he seems not at all bothered when it is stolen from him. The Mexican characters are insulting stereotypes as are the white cowboy villains. At one point, Scott and friends tie up the bad guys who want to kill him and leave them alone and without taking their horses and rifles. Pretty dumb illogical move. It's so bad it's a comedy. It's classic fodder for MST3K.

Three episodes in and I am not impressed. Subpar writing and acting depending on stereotypes rather than complex characterization. There's a mystery with enough clues to keep us watching, but depending on a plot that's not particularly unique or original is no way to attract and keep viewers. There is such a thing as too many subplots superficially explored as opposed to deeper, intricate plots. And why don't these ranchers ever actually do ranch work?

Although this series has had many bad episodes, this is easily the worst episode of Season 1. Nothing that happened in this episode was even remotely believable. From allowing civilians to interrogate to transporting him to a kill site with hardly any security to the whole rescue, it was absurd and funny on all the wrong ways.

What happened to the dog? What happened to the dog?

So at the end we are left with the most important question unanswered: why did the FBI target a small time black kid in order to gain possession of his grandfather's store through forfeiture laws? Clearly there was more to this situation and we are left wondering what the FBI's real motive was.

I visited Istanbul in the summer of 1989 and rented this film afterwards, hoping to revisit some of this incredible city. Boy, was I disappointed! Virtually no city scenery (or plot or character development, for that matter) Although, I do love the way the hotel desk clerk answers, "I'm sorry" to every question or comment that Timothy Bottoms makes. This film makes "Plan 9 From Outer Space" look like "Million Dollar Baby". I wish I could understand a mind that didn't find this movie boring - it might unlock the secret of how to not be bored in other tedious situations. Save your money and rent "Napoleon Dynamite" instead.