the vast majority of movie either sink or swim and depend upon what be up on the screen . for those kind of film and it make no difference what be their literary legacy because they presuppose no antecedent and unlike a sequel or a film base upon a tv series . the claim begin with the brownish look of some of the early clint eastwood western and seem to almost attempt to emulate some of that feeling . name a town and kingdom come and almost immediately bring to mind pale rider with the claim lack the austerity of that film . no one can fault the backdrop of this movie the sierra nevada . there be hope that this will be more than a decent film with an adequate budget and good actor because it be associate with the bbc . it certainly have a look to it that strive for authenticity . so how do it turn out . the british underpinning of this movie can either take one of two form represent tally ho and away we go or the stiff british lip that one find in sound bite from it parliament with those here and here . well and the here and here get the nod here . even with it nudity and the film be too conservative and indicate a misunderstanding of the feel of the old american west . whoever write the script should have study the early clint eastwood movie ( such a the outlaw josey wale ) more thoroughly . it be just too genteel and lack rawness . nastassja kinski receives third billing in this film . her role be the glue that hold this movie together . very early on and for those look for her and she be see in 1/8th profile for less than a second and then hold on for dear life a an open end wagon bounce along the dirt road with her and her daughter in the back . at best and this role be two dimensional and clearly lack depth because none be call for in the portrayal of a die woman . as soon a she be show cough up blood and it be obviously curtain for her with the hope that she can make something out of the role like clint eastwood in honkytonk man she can not . she do what she have to with a convincing cough . the other actor and with more defined and difficult role and be simply not up to the task to pull them off in a convincing manner . they fail to rise to the occasion . wes bentley and a dalglish and be not credible . he would appear to be more comfortable wait on table in between act job at campanile and a restaurant in los angeles . he doesn not appear to possess the mental grit to cold heartedly kill someone and much less spearhead the lay out of a railroad in the wild west . milla jovovich a lucia be passable . there be no electricity in her performance even with her prosthetic gold tooth . peter mullan a daniel dillon be way too conservative . the role call for more emotional espression or at least the hint of it . sarah polley be a young actress of 20 or so at the time and must have be thrill to get the role and isn not push very hard on the performance scale . the claim be a movie that be very much like a full cup of water in it beginning and but by the end of the movie one realize that there be a hole at the bottom of the cup because everything have dribble away . simply put and it lack passion and emotional content .