some very interesting camera work and a story with much potential . but it never come together a anything more than a student graduate thesis in film school . there be two primary reason for this . fist and there be not a single likable character and not even a villain we might admire for his or her chutzpah . secondly and all the acting be awful even from veteran willem dafoe . the ham be so plentiful here and you feel like youre at a picnic but one of those wretched company employee picnic where you drink too much cheap beer and get your hangover before you even stop drinking . then you eat an underdone hotdog and throw up . all right and i be be a little rough on a young director who might still go place a i say and the camera work be quite good . but i feel cheat the blurb for this film suggest we will get to watch a modern western and and the dvd packaging have picture on it that suggest this as well but nobody actually connect to the film make seem to know that this be the kind of film theyre suppose to be make . that betrayal be what hurt while but even without it and the fact remain that we do not like these character and we feel embarrass for the actor and the story be hopelessly muddle and and in the last analysis and we just do not care . i take it out of the dvd player about half way through . but the rental store wouldn not give me my money back . now and that really hurt .