Someone End The Pain... "A Single Shot"

A Single Shot (2013)

Rated R for violence and language

Starring Sam Rockwell, William H. Macy, Jason Isaacs

Directed by David M. Rosenthal

The Story:

John (Rockwell) is out hunting for an elusive deer, takes a shot and a girl lies dead.  He drags the body to hide it, and runs across some cash from backwoods criminals (Isaacs).  Naturally, John takes the money, and so begins a game of high stakes tension building as the bad guys come to get their money back.

A single shot... if I drank, I would have used several of those to try and get through this movie.

Slow.
Quiet.
Rambling.

None of those words are meant in a good way.

I love Rockwell.
I love Macy.
I love Isaacs.

I put the movie on fast forward eventually to see if I would ever get anything out of it... but no.

A dreadful waste of talent.  The sound on the movie was so low, half of the conversations are muted or unintelligible.

Plus, the movie stretches out to nearly 2 hours... 

of boredom!

Save yourself.


Final Grade: D-

Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: Only as a cure for insomnia.

Living In The Wild Wild West Weekend..."Sweetwater"

Sweetwater (2013)

Rated R for violence, language and nudity

Starring January Jones, Jason Isaacs, Ed Harris

Directed by Logan Miller

The Story:

Sarah (Jones) is a former prostitute who has given up that life for married life on a farm in New Mexico.  However her neighbor, the Prophet Josiah (Isaacs) is a little off his rocker, and when he kills Sarah's husband, she plots to exact vengeance.  Complicating matters, there's a new sheriff (Harris) in town, and it's unclear how his investigation will help or hinder Sarah's plan.

Interesting.

It's nice to see a western on the screen again.

Isaacs plays a bad guy, like nobody's business.  I hadn't seen him in anything in a long time, and I forgot how great of an actor  he is.  Apparently he's been hanging out making Harry Potter movies, so no wonder I haven't seen him.

:)

But yes, he is equally mesmerizing and evil at the same time throughout the movie.

Ed Harris on the other hand...

Well, he does a great job playing an Old West lawman.  And then the script has the sheriff do odd things... like dance around in the desert...  Kind of odd behavior.

Otherwise, no real complaints about anything.

Wasn't great, but it wasn't terrible. ;)

And apparently, as of this week, it's now streaming on Netflix for your viewing pleasure.

Final Grade: C+

Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: Had the rating been lower, replayability might be higher.