Dead Man's Bounty (2006)

Truly Dreadful Film

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Friends, countrymen, lend me your eyes.Let me explain why this movie is so misunderstood.Everyone on here seems to think that this is not a true American western. I happen to know that you are all wrong. In the true American west it has been scientifically proved by scientists that people truly did live in shacks in the dry heat while drinking after shave and smoking cactus weed and not eating any food at all. If anyone doubts this then tell how is it that people are able to live in Nevada. Exactly.Secondly, the pace of action in this movie was stunning. The film editing could not keep up with the blistering pace of action. I mean for over an hour and a half everyone in this movie had blood on their heads dripping down their face. I mean if that isn't action, then I don't know how else this movie could please you. I was scared the entire time. I was worried for every character's life. I was terrified when I heard guns being cocked, I shivered when horses made those loud horse noises.And the accents. Why do people think the accents were unrealistic. I mean, Antonio Banderas has a thick Spanish accent but nobody complained about him in El Mariachi or Desperado. I mean true, there hasn't been any Polish cowboys that I know of, but that was a long time so how do we truly know... for sure? Exactly.My favorite part was the guy who cut his finger off chopping wood. He reacted so realistically that I could literally feel my finger almost fall of in pain. That is classy acting and that man deserves a medal.Please watch this movie. I think this type of movie making needs to be supported especially by your dollars. If they sell t-shirts for this movie, I'm buying 20.Val Kilmer played the best corpse ever.

The only reason I rented this movie was that Val Kilmer rarely stars in a bad movie. There is of course a first time for everything. In many ways, this movie proves that oaters aren't as easy to make as we think, especially by foreign directors. The only one who got by with it was probably Sergio Leone, but even his movies lacked that something indefinably innate to our American psyche and panache. American actors in Clint Eastwood and Henry Fonda did help . I can see now why they changed the original title from "Summer Love" to " Dead Man's Bounty". That itself tells me the producers and director didn't have any core understanding about a western other than those standard shoot'em up scenes and violent themes. I suppose we can say the same about American directors attempting to make a Polish movie while failing miserably in the process.

As most of you, I've watch a lot of great movies; In between those we often either voluntarily or mistakenly also find those movies that are so pointless that we think of reasons as to why anyone would make it. This is exactly what I can say for Dead man's bounty....The very least I can do is try to "warn" some of you. If you enjoy being entertained by a motion picture because of the story, acting and intensity than you might want to chose something else. Now, it's not all bad.....In fact, if all you want is creative film editing, and unique angles along with original music ambient than you might think it's OK. As someone that values movie plots, acting and being entertained by a film, the truth is I thought this movie was so terrible beyond words. I could easily find a spot for it on my list of worst movies seen in a while. As for having Val Kilmer in this, the truth is he was casted probably as a favor to the director; As a fan of some of Kilmer's films, I can't understand what his motive for this was. The movie seems part western part romance.........In the end, I'm sure most of you can agree with me that it simply is a rude waste of our time. In case you haven't seen this movie, my recommendation would be to avoid it completely.

I wish I would have read more reviews and more opinions about this movie before I rented it. A waste of money. A waste of time. Very little dialog. The dialog was hard to understand in every way. The storyline and plot were both weak. The only thing that was nice at all was the cinematography.The characters were interesting. At the same time you will spend so much time trying to figure things out, because of the lack of dialog, that you will be rewinding the movie a lot. Do not watch this movie. It was a mess and will leave you feeling like a mess.You will say, what the heck was that, when the movie ends?