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Promise
USA 2021
produced by Curt Lambert, Joe Cornet (executive) for San Rafael Productions
directed by Joe Cornet
starring Trista Robinson, Joe Cornet, Curt Lambert, James Henderson, Kerry Goodwin, Gene Rathswohl, Maude Bonanni, Don Murray, Patrick Scott Lewis, Matt Kelsey, Chris Beeman, Ernie Ventry, Robert Amato, John Marrs, Buddy Clements, Lawrence Ford, G Jerry Jones
written by Joe Cornet, music by Sean Murray
review by Mike Haberfelner
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The Old West, a few years after the end of the Civil War: Ransom (Joe
Cornet) has been crossing the country as a bounty hunter unable to find
peace, not since a trio of Confederate soldiers have shot dead the love of
his life Tess (Kerry Goodwin), just because they wanted to bury a case of
embezzled Confederate treasure on her land. It's really a past he wants to
run away from, but now he again becomes part of it when he shoots dead one
Zebediah Scurlock (Chris Beeman), who just happened to know what has
happened to that Confederate treasure in the years since. And now outlaws
Wildeye (Curt Lambert) and Brick (Gene Rathswohl) figure Ransom must have
somehow learned the whereabouts. On a happier note, Ransom finally crosses
paths with Promise (Trista Robinson) again, Tess's daughter he has lost
track of back when but who has managed to fend for her own - and now she
wants to get her hands on the Confederate treasure, figuring she has more
right to it than anyone else. And while Ransom doesn't share this
conviction of hers, he is more than glad to help her in this treasure
hunt. Thing is, while it's hard enough to remain ahead of Wildeye and
Brick, there are more parties after the treasure, and while many of them
are easily disposed of, there's also dandy bounty hunter Bill Gristy
(James Henderson), who seems to be one step ahead of the competition
throughout. Plus the treasure hunt, the bloodier it gets, alerts more and
more lawmen - so it's of little surprise that everything comes to a
bullet-riddled head eventually ...
A very nice western that keeps things strictly old school, so
no post-modernist revisions here or self-irony or allusions to current
affairs - but that doesn't mean that Promise comes across as old-fashioned
in the least, as it presents the viewer with a well-structured, tense and
engaging story, a nice mix of colourful characters embodied by a solid
cast, and plenty of fights and shoot-outs one has come to expect from a
good western. Very cool genre entertainment indeed!
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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