Heathens & Thieves

Loved It !!
This moive is one of the best westerns that I have seen in quite a while . Don Swayze was perfect for the part of Col Sherman , the cast was good however he was the star of this movie. While many westerns tend to be nothing but shoot em up stereo types this moive actaully had you thinking and there are a few things where I caught myself saying " didn't see that coming " and yes there is a lot of action , give it a go you'll be glad you did .

A western like no other!!
I love this film!! I saw it at the Downtown LA film festival and it was AMAZING!! I'm bummed that Gwendoline isn't on the cover art though. And also how come she is only credited on the Amazon Prime version and not the DVD version? Amazon you need to fix this problem ASAP!!!

One of the best Westerns of this century (so far)
This is a wonderful classic Western in the tradition of Sergio Leone and Lonesome Dove, happily updated for modern times without the awful racial stereotypes so common of this genre in the 40's through the 80's. While the bit-part Hispanic characters don't get to be much more than cardboard cutouts, overall this is a great film in the classic tradition that finally manages to portray the complexities of race and the post-Reconstruction New West without the usual Cowboys and Indians tropes. A post-millennial, post-racial Western that still evokes all of the wonderful noir and grit of its lineage without the redface, blackface, and yellowface that detracts from the originals. Up there with the Coen's True Grit reboot, Blackthorn, Deadwood, and Hell On Wheels. About damn time.

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