Aces 'N' Eights (TV Movie 2008)

Aces ‘N’ Eights: Directed by Craig R. Baxley. With Casper Van Dien, Bruce Boxleitner, Ernest Borgnine, Jeff Kober. Already taking a gamble settling in the uncharted west, the peaceful settlers of a town destined for railroad greatness suddenly find themselves being ruthlessly gunned down. With no law and order to be found, justice falls onto the shoulders of an elderly rancher and an accomplished, but retired, gunslinger.

“We love westerns and wish there were more of them; but this one was made by people who lack the good sense of a goat.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe story has been told a hundred times about the brave ranchers and settlers trying to hold out against an abusive takeover of their land at unfair compensation. Almost all previous movies were better than this sorry mess. The story is absolutely ruined by the emptyheadedness of todayu0026#39;s talent-free film-makers — who refuse to learn anything from the greats of yesteryear.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTo begin with, the picture substitutes excessive violence in place of a good story. The story is actually a muddled mess at best. They use all of the born-stupid techniques that spoil so many recent pictures: bad photography, dreadful editing, wrong-headed camera shots, and one of the new computer-generated musical scores that never ceases to annoy — and never lets up. Music is supposed to enhance the action, not detract from it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf you love westerns, skip this stinker. Perhaps Genius Pictures which made it will fade away.”