Director Walter Hill, whose relevant credits include THE LONG RIDERS and GERONIMO, returns to the quintessential American genre with mixed results. As gloomy and elegiac as UNFORGIVEN, but not nearly so well-written, this revisionist examination of the life and
legend of "Wild" Bill Hickock is cobbled together from three distinct (and somewhat dissonant) sources: Thomas Babe's stage play
Fathers and Sons, Pete Dexter's novel
Deadwood, and Hill's original screenplay. The product is an ambitious but awkward movie that jumps forward and back in time;
voice-over narration fails to smooth over the choppiness. Nevertheless, it's studded with haunting, melan...
Released:
1995
Rated:
R
Length:
98 mins