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Ok good guy stands alone and stops bad guys.Old chestnut done many times before.That plus a B+ cast takes 1 star off.So why see it??Loved the setting in a small town in Montana which lives on re-enactments of gun fights.Throw in Lou Diamond Phillips as Bart ,a crazed motorcycle killer,add Mark Metcalf as cowardly Marshall Harris and stir in Robert Forster as dependable old recluse Gus,a man with a past,mix together and off to the races we go.The movie is a slow starter but when it hits stride it rocks.Sean Patrick Flanery as John ,the re-enactment bad guy,grows into the hero as the movie picks up steam as his acting as well.Its not great but its a good ride on a saturday night.Released in 2002 it runs a just right 90 minutes.Trailer URL follows the pix and a IMDB summary is below.
Standard story of a biker gang taking over a town is not saved by the presence of Lou Diamond Phillips as the head biker or Sean Patrcik Flanery as the avenging townsperson who takes on the gangs with the help of an old codger (Robert Forster). The story starts with Phillips and a cohort robbing a store and injuring a salesperson. The bikers tell everyone in the store that if any one tells who committed the crime, the gang will take revenge on them and their families. Flanery nonetheless proceeds to arrest them with a gun filled with blanks when he next sees them. The gang breaks their leader out of jail, killing the policemen in the process. Flanery & Diamond then trade off attacks. Written by John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>
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