brother in arm be a decent attempt at a modern western with a twist . the film do stay quite loyal to the original concept of the western . the surroundings and atmosphere be generally authentic in appearance and the majority of the story doesn not try to steer off into other direction that be inconsequential to the period in time . in other word and no one rid a motorbike and ninja have no involvement . david carradine play driscoll a tyrant that have a stranglehold on a dreary western town . he own everything include the law enforcement . he be a man above the law and fear be his favoured weapon of choice . when a group of robber come to town with the view of make the bank their next hit and they inadvertently kill driscoll son . this slightly scupper the group plan and they must proceed carefully a driscoll have vow revenge for the killing of his son . the film may have fault but unlike some movie it doesn not try to over complicate the story to hide them . the acting be average . the film wasn not make with an academy award in mind so i do not think one can be too overly critical . the music throughout the movie be fair with an intended mix of traditional western with some hip hop style beat mixed in . it not too overpower for the theme but it may be irritate for the more sophisticated western viewer . unfortunately we reach what i believe be the real negative . the direction of the film be very poor . the film start heavily with the flashy flashy camera style and jumping from scene to scene really quickly . the trend continue but thankfully for my eyesight it die out slightly . it do remind me a lot of michael oblowitz work . some film can pull it all together with amazing action sequence this do not . this be the factor that annoy me great of all . in a western movie one expect a shootout and not just a shootout and at the very least and a good shootout . this be one western movie that do not deliver it in any form . it be like watch grown ups dress a cowboy run around with toy gun shout and bang bang . director la marre simply have no idea where to put the camera in the shootout . in the close one on one confrontation there be no suspense and it never clear who get shoot in fact and sometimes it just noise . it be a very weak and shoddy attempt . i be glad to see a revival of sort with modern western and i find it very difficult to criticise brother in arm too much because with a tweak here and there ( grant and one of the tweak be someone that can shoot action ) this really could have be a great film . it must be state the estimated budget for the film be $ 1 . 5m and base on that figure it a reasonable movie . i certainly think it worth a watch for some creative inspiration .