Dead Man's Hand

This might be the worst western I have ever seen. The plot is completely nonsensical, the editing was terrible, and the acting was just the worst. The soundtrack is plain bad. Do not waste your time or money on this garbage. I have never felt compelled to write a review until the credits started to roll on this film. The random violence has no pertinence to the story, the supernatural effects come off as absolutely silly. The only thing that comes close to redeeming this pile is Cole Hauser basically playing Rip Wheeler in the Old West, however even that is not enough to justify the awful things that go on around him in this bad bad bad movie. Do not waste your time.

It was on sale for $1.99 and I really don't think the show was even worth that. Writing is terrible and the acting is even worse. The crazy thing is that some big names are among the cast and they couldn't even pull the show off so that it was even enjoyable. I am a great lover of movies-- especially westerns so I was very disappointed. The show must have used elementary school students to do it's special effects as it all looked like Halloween makeup. Even more ridiculous was sewing the young gun's trigger fingers back on!!!! PLEASE..this western is after the American Civil War is over--not set in the future. Nudity served no purpose!!! Don't waste your time and money!!!

If your sick on the couch , looking for something to pass the time, skip this, unless you're going to take a nap soon It's that bad. I re-rounded a couple of times thinking I missed something because I couldn't possibly be seeing what I was seeing . I tried selling it to my husband "it can't be that bad because it has several of the Yellowstone cast members in it." Maybe it was co-written by Taylor Sheridan I said. :-) Nope. No such luck I sure hope they paid Cole enough money to make it worth his while. The soundtrack alone will make you want to turn the volume down. It is annoying as it gets.

Why did I give this stinker a 4? I like Stephen Dorff, Cole Hauser, and Costas Mandylor. The others, especially the leads, were mediocre. The actor who played the hero, Reno, seems miscast. His babyface, weak chin, and thin build simply don't make him look the part. And, his gun handling skills were atrocious. The CGI was weak, and gunfight scenes strangely staged. It wasn't a total loss, the above named actors played their parts well as expected, too bad the dialog wasn't better written. And the ending, my word, what a complete, total downer. There were many scenes with a humorous undertone, and I expected there to be a happily ever after ending. Not!