The Warrant

I was waking up, and it's an easy movie to follow with a decent script, historical value because of the Civil War timeframe. I recommend this adventure is one you could add to movie night and be ok with.

I almost passed over this movie because of bad reviews. I found it to be better than expected.

I love Westerns but so many of them in recent years are far too graphic for my tastes & I pass them by..This movie is worth the watch.

The war between the states is almost a decade over. But Casper Van Dien ain't accepting surrenders from nobody. He's got a private war being waged in the Missouri=Kansas border country and also making quite a profit at it as well.

The only ones going after him are Neal McDonough a Missouri sheriff and his son Steven R. McQueen a federal marshal. They all were friends at one time, but that's in the past.

The Warrant is an average western and no doubt will find its market in the red states. I was less than crazy about Van Dien as a villain.

Still his fans who date back to Starship Troopers should enjoy it.

This movie is a throwback to the B-westerns of yesteryear. Trouble is, those old B-westerns are feats of epic cinema compared to this 2020 version of the American Western. And it's a shame, too. Here is THE vehicle that launched many an outstanding and treasured career - Wayne, Mitchum, Stewart, McQueen, Marvin, etc . . . Only these "leading" actors forgot to do their home work. The acting is "Al-Gore-wooden-like" as each actor struggles to strike their best pose to reveal their best side as they regurgitate their canned lines. There is no emotion or meaning to their words - they're just canned lines to be said, not communicated, just said. The Shea Sizemore screenplay makes sense, but it didn't get pulled together. The score adds nothing to the movie. In fact, at times it would be best if there were no score. I lay the quality of this film at the feet of the one to blame - Director Brent Christy. I apparently have never seen a Brent Christy-directed film - I hope I don't again. This film is all over the place, chasing it's tail. Siskel & Ebert - Beware!

I've seen amateur civil war reenactment gatherings by retirees being filmed by a 5th grade great-grandson turn out better than this film.

Shea Sizemore's writing experience in short films should've kept this screenplay as a short, instead of this terribly written with lame dialogued poor excuse of a western with comic relief 85 min mess. Even for an 85 min runtime film, the slow pacing and lack of any real unpredictable story made this film feel like 3 hours. Add to that the overbearing and annoying score, and you'll be pulling your hair out.

All actors seemed to act is if they were in a stage play, looking out to no where and overcompensating their lines, it almost felt like a parody.

This is experienced Camera and Electrical Department turned newb director Brent Christy's third film, and it really shows. He failed in directing his cast, proper camera angles and settings.

The cinematography and colors were the only redeeming qualities in this film. Watch the trailer, and you've seen this film. This has to be the worst western I've ever seen. It's a very generous 3/10 from me.