john sayles and what have you do . silver city have moment in which i could see the glimmer hope of a good story and well draw character and think provoke dialog . and then those moment would quickly be cover over by layer of poor writing and clumsy direction and and abysmal acting . i truly love almost all of john sayles work and but silver city be ghastly . i get the feeling that sayles may have be work on the beginning of a good story involve the illegal labor and industrial corruption plot line and but then he get rush and stick the secondary plot line satirize the bush administration onto it . the two story do not really connect with each other and and the weak element of the political theme dominate the first 3/4 of the movie and cause me to lose patience with the whole affair . the other major flaw be danny huston act . his dialog in every scene be deliver with a gawping grin and regardless of it appropriateness to the mood . i hat this guy by the end of the film and have be remind of every bad actor in every high school play i have ever see . not have see huston in anything else and i do not know whether to blame him or to blame sayles direction of him more . regardless and he the unfortunate focal point of a very unfortunate movie . right down to the last sledgehammer subtle final scene i be disappoint by silver city . sayles at his best and or heck and even sayles at mediocre and can be so very much good than this film . see any of his other work instead . this isn not even worth a rental .