Good story, Not enough for a whole film

A Masterpiece!

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

You just know that when the 2 guys meet, despite the animosity between them, they shall ultimately become friends especially when there is a threat by Emperor Maximillian's army and other renegades towards them.A well dressed drifter roams into town and gets land thanks to a win in a card game. He is the gambler.The guy loves a widow, but her husband has been dead for three years now and our guy hesitates in proposing, instead offering all kinds of excuses not to wed her. After all, Jim, her deceased husband, was his friend. Apparently, the girl has been waiting 3 years for our guy to ask so we can imagine the marriage she had with Jim.In Mel Brooks' film of 1974, "Blazing Saddles," a line was stated that never in the history of motion pictures has the cavalry ever been too late. While this is true here, the ending is quite silly and if anything, detracts from the movie itself.

Hi, not everyone will appreciate this movie, it is after all, a Hallmark movie and shouldn't have a lot of gore and stuff in it. the plot was well done and the scenery beautiful....the two protagonists have a good 'go' at each other during the movie they are at opposite ends of the good guy/bad guy roles reminded me a little bit of the Gambler movie and the lady in the movie was added as window dressing but i think she did a good job......hopefully we will see her in more roles on TV ....and the acting was OK too, GO DEAN, keep doing some good stuff for the rest of your fans!!!! PS personally i think having to have a minimum of 10 lines to be able to post a comment is ridiculous, come on IMDb, give us a break, thanks!!!S and D T from Ohio

Dean Cain surprised me. The star of Lois & Clark is almost unrecognizable here, but that's fine as he fit right in with the proceedings. The comedy is subtle, but there's a lot of it! Alison Hossack is a new actress to me, and she nailed her role of the neighboring ranch owner who has a crush on the Gunslinger, played by James Tupper.The invading protagonists could have been handled a bit better, but I can somewhat overlook that because the story was not really about them. The budget was apparent in some of the explosions.The scenery was great, the sets and props excellent, and a pesky rain was noticed in about half of the picture. The star of this movie was the witty script and dialog between the stars!I was well entertained! 9 out of 10.

This movie was horrible. I felt like I was watching a bunch of people playing dress up. Plus the fighting, shooting, blowing up of things, was laughable. The "acting" was like students at a community college were at their first week of training. Horrible horrible "acting" on everyones part. The main "actors" had so many cloths on, it made me sweat to look at them. So much cloth, the horses were about half seen most of the time. I hated this turkey. Speaking of which, the ending of the movie summed up for me how I felt about it. Laughable ending, but right on target so to speak.It was one of those movies I watched hoping it would get better, but it never did. This movie deserves -10 lemons.