Shoot First and Pray You Live (Because Luck Has Nothing to Do with It)

At the core, there's a "revenge story". That idea seems solid... the IDEA of it. Although, the storyline is similar to other western revenge stories.. while not the same.. think of the concept used for "The Quick and the Dead" - revenge years later.... that's the crux of the story.

Unfortunately, how the story is written is a convoluted mess. Jumping between time periods using characters that all look similar and don't stand out as unique, Even the protagonist in this film gets lost among other characters.

Any film that needs to put bright yellow text on the screen to show the character names is not written well. Character development within the scenes SHOULD do an adequate job of telling the viewer which character is which. So, when you see the names splashed across the screen in yellow type, you know that the director wants you to know which character is which because the writer did a poor job... but in this.. one of the directors IS the writer.. so.. yeah....

This film has all the trappings of a decent pseudo "spaghetti western" but it never comes together. It doesn't ever "gel". It's confusing, and takes some effort to even discern the storyline due to time jumping back and forth.

Unfortunately, I feel compelled to add.. I LOVE Jim Gaffigan as a COMEDIAN.. but he didn't do a great job in this playing a purely dramatic role and a narrative (while poorly attempting an accent). Gaffigan probably did the worst acting job out of all the cast.

There's no sex or nudity. There is some reference to more adult situations (bad western outlaws and women), however, nothing overly visual or notable. Far more of a connotation than any direct content.

There is western violence (shootouts with blood).

I can't recall any profanity whatsoever.

Meh.... it's not "horrible", but it's not exactly a "should see" either.