The Ballad of Billy McCrae

After seeing some good reviews I was looking forward to seeing this movie but in the end it was a big disappointment. There is no getting round the fact this is an extremely low budget movie, the principal actors do their best but they were fighting a losing battle. Speaking of fighting, the several fight sequences didn't seem to be planned or rehearsed and are unconvincing. The plot is predictable and where this effort could have been a gritty crime drama the slightly ethereal camera work and constant mornful soundtrack undermine any sense of realism.