This film is just as bad as "Wyatt Earp Shoots First" which I saw a few weeks ago, so much so that I had to go back and check if it was made by some of the same folks. Sure enough, Christopher Forbes directed both pictures which goes a long way in explaining things, and two of the principal actors appeared in both. Much of the same criticism applies to both pictures as well. The dialog is stilted and virtually all of it is delivered matter of factly, even in what would be considered a highly emotional situation. As for creativity, there are two federal agents in this story named Billy and Willy, how much thought do you think went into that decision? In the scene where Charles Holley (William Adams) gets the drop on Animus Smite (Jerry Chesser) and forces him into the river, it's mentioned by several characters that the river is full of snakes, so you would think a snake might figure in what happens there, but all you get is a look at a single snake slithering around as if to make it official. Folks, this is so head shakingly bad I can't understand why it was even made, let alone why it appears on Xumo Westerns. I've now been forced into the dubious position of watching back to back Westerns which I've had to rate no higher than a '1'. Be forewarned.
Review of American Gunslingers
