Lasso (2018)

For 100 years, stories have been told about a cult near Hackett Ranch where people have been kidnapped and never found. The owners of the ranch say they know nothing about it. Guess where this year's rodeo is?

Director:

Evan Cecil

Writer:

Roberto Marinas

Stars:

Sean Patrick Flanery, Lindsey Morgan, Andrew Jacobs

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sean Patrick Flanery	...	Ennis
Lindsey Morgan	...	Kit
Andrew Jacobs	...	Simon
Benedita Pereira	...	The Underground Woman
Karen Grassle	...	Lillian
Steven Anthony Jones	...	Jacques
Molly Goode	...	Bird
Monique Bricca	...	Marlo
Don Demico	...	Nesbitt
Tony Vella	...	Carl
Zoe Swenson Graham	...	Eva
Joe Sobalo Jr.	...	Paul
Thomas Cokenias	...	Pomroy Hacket
Travis Andre Ross	...	Brodeo
Halliny Ferreira	...	Zebra

Storyline

For 100 years, stories have been told about a cult near Hackett Ranch where people have been kidnapped and never found. The owners of the ranch say they know nothing about it. Guess where this year's rodeo is?

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Taglines:

One hell of a rodeo.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Production Company Website

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 November 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

Лассо

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dragonfly Films, Mad Rodeo Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

The Rodeo Clown's origin and motivation are never explained, even though he is relevant to the plot and helps some of the characters.

User Reviews

A mediocre horror movie that hates cowboys but understands nothing about them

On the surface, there could be a decent horror movie in this. Killer cowboys hunting down people? It's a silly enough that it could merit some entertainment.

Unfortunately, it's just not a great or even decent horror film. The characters are thinly written and sometimes completely pointless (did we really even need a senior tour group involved?), the acting is mediocre, the dialogue is awful, the pacing is erratic, the movie is not very scary and a lot of things happen at random with no rhyme or reason. Worst of all, too much of it feels like an excuse to showcase long, over-the-top torture scenes. Admittedly, some of the gore is effectively nasty and it's not badly directed in terms of cinematic presentation, but after a while you start to grow numb to the violence. One person's death means no more than the other's when we have no investment in their safety and there's nothing else happening in the plot to justify its existence.

Even more obnoxiously, it's clear that this was made by people who hate cowboys and rural culture, but have never been to a rodeo, talked to a real cowboy/ranch-hand or understand anything about them outside of cartoons. I know I'm asking too much from a mindless action movie that wants to have it both ways by being an over-the-top parody and a serious horror movie, but it comes off as amateurish and at times like ignorant animal rights propaganda (which is crow-barred into the story for no particular reason because it never plays into the story after its original discussion). All we know from this film is that cowboys are murderous human and animal abusers that need to be slaughtered just...because.

So yeah, this is a big ole pass, pardner.