i be a big western fan but have you ever see a video box that say represent don not rent me . well and the box for defiance say just that and but . it be a free gallery weekend ( movie gallery . ) i think to myself i will take it now b or c if it a mistake it would not have cost me anything . well and i be not sure if it be a mistake or not . there be some aspect i really like . the action and costume be two ( even if the costume do not quite look right for the time and be too clean and too new . ) tommy cross and the vigilante and strike me a very cool . he have a lot of potential but be terribly undeveloped . it do not help that he couldn not act . then someone decide that tommy should just up and die . he be the main character damn it . youre leave wonder what the hell just happen and why . whomever write this story just couldn not maintain their focus . in the acting department and the rest of the character be just as bad a tommy . to top that off and the movie look like it be film with a hand hold video camera . the last gunfight and however and be the highlight of the movie . it be violent and bloody and exciting . be a western fan and i feel a little more forgiving towards this film . my suggestion be and if you see defiance on the shelf and the feeling you get from the box be probably right . you must love western or just walk away .