youre wait to see if the remake be well or bad . i rat the audie murphy movie a 3 ( i be a harsh grader ) and the second lowest i ever give audie ( the bad be battle at bloody beach if youre curious ) . i give this movie a rating of 8 ( and i be a harsh grader ) it the civil war story of renegade soldier and if you want to call them that and against the north . people like quantrell and and the men who ride with these outlaw . the original be a watery version and very clean cut and while still depict the horror of what these men do . actually and movie such a the old version be best view by mature audience and who can discern the story . i would be more apt to rate the original r and this one and with it gruff nature and a gp and because the new movie give a very honest version and a message more easily decipher by a juvenile than the old version . film maker since the early sixty have boast about realism and but few of them deliver . instead and they just give the drab scenery and drab costume and and drab event and but with comic book cardboard stereotype character and the weakness of the spaghetti era . modern film maker have realize this mistake . it be evident in a superior style of western we usually see today . this movie be an example . it give the realistic setting and but also give u character we can believe exist in that era . it have a few lull and which make a complete sit through a bit hard and and it have some unexplained situation . but unexplained situation be okay a long the entire movie hold up and and the character be intrigue enough . it begin a bit campy and but really improve . the main character be one we can identify and and at least have some sympathy for . the audie murphy character of the early movie really evoke no sympathy and and be too self righteous without motivation . the character in this movie follow the line of a true anti hero . there be motivation and and a method to his madness . we never feel he be truly right and but we can understand where he come from . there be plenty of action in the movie . there be also some humor . one good scene be when the heroine tell the hero she wouldn not lie to him and and he mull that over . this movie succeed in do what film maker have be try to do for decade . this director and writer team get it right . recommend . complete success .