Somewhere in the West, the 1880s: A thief (Tony Noto) makes a bold and successful attempt to rob a bank belonging to a cartel of the richest of the area, which is why they're quick to send a Marshal (Hunter C. Smith) to take care of the situation and take the case out of the hands of the rather incompetent Sheriff (Ryan Rush). And this Marshal is quick to hire native American tracker Washoe (Naomi Helen Weissberg) to hunt the thief down and bring him back, preferably alive and with the loot of course. Washoe has little difficulties to track the thief down as he hasn't really planned his getaway all that well, and would have probably died in the wild if it wasn't for her. And while on the way back to civilisation and ultimately the law, the two get a chance to know one another, and start to even like one another. And when they're attacked by a couple of fur trappers (Nich Apostolides, Kirin Stone) who try to rape and then kill Washoe, he actually saves her life even if he could have easily gotten away from her, probably with the loot even. After that, he offers to split the loot with her if she lets him off scot free, and she goes for it - which might be totally against her character, but she sees something good in the thief. Thing is, despite a mutual fondness of one another, the two still have their own agenda, and there's still the Marshal, and he might not have the most ulterior of motives either ...

Ok, this western has been shot on a modest budget, but it really gets everything right: Basically this is neither a post.-modern nor revisionist nor merely nostalgic take on the genre, but a story- and character-driven film that just happens to be set in the old West, while the moral ambiguity that it shows at all times is very commendable and makes it very relevant in this - abd any - day and age. And a directorial effort that makes great use of the film's mostly outdoors locationa, and a strong cast of course help make this a pretty cool genre pic, only helped by a very cool musical score that actually harks back to the films of old at times.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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