Echoes of War (2015)

A Civil War veteran returns home to the quiet countryside, only to find himself embroiled in a conflict between his family and the brutish cattle rancher harassing them.

Director:

Kane Senes

Writers:

John Chriss, Kane Senes

Stars:

James Badge Dale, Ethan Embry, William Forsythe

Cast

Cast overview:
James Badge Dale	...	Wade
Ethan Embry	...	Seamus Riley
William Forsythe	...	Randolph McCluskey
Maika Monroe	...	Abigail Riley
Rhys Wakefield	...	Marcus McCluskey
Beth Broderick	...	Doris McCluskey
Ryan O'Nan	...	Dillard McCluskey
Owen Teague	...	Samuel Riley

Storyline

The year is 1866 and the bloodiest conflict in American history - the Civil War - has recently come to an end. Miles away in the isolated countryside of Texas, two families neighbor one another. The Rileys trap animals and sell their pelts for a meager living, while the McCluskeys, having lost their proud cattle business to the war, steal from the weaker Rileys' traps. That is, until WADE, favorite uncle to the Riley children and an embattled war veteran, visits his family to find reprieve from the horrors he has seen. Wade learns of the McCluskeys' misdoings and takes it upon himself to put a stop to them and before long, finds himself with another war on his hands - this time, one of his own making.

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Taglines:

Home from battle...still fighting

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller | Western

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, sexuality/nudity and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 April 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Relative Stranger

Filming Locations:

Austin, Texas, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

American Film Productions, Provenance Pictures, Country Club

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

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User Reviews

This movie pretty much sucked

As I sat in the theater watching this horrible train wreck of a movie, I couldn't help but mourn the Western genre. Where has it gone? The last good western I remember seeing was Unforgiven. This isn't even close...not by a zillion miles.

James Badge Dale, Ethan Embry, and William Forseythe star in this tired Hatfield and McCoy type story about a Civil War vet returning home after the war and the strife between two feuding families. The movie plays out at a snails pace and becomes drawn out and impossible to sit through. To be honest, I dozed in and out the entire time because it just couldn't hold my attention. It didn't help that the director was attempting to channel Malick on some of the shots because it just made it more mundane than it already was.

Add to that the fact that some of the roles were miscast and you have a really bad movie.