An average movie

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Alice Eve, I thought I might as well check it out. Well,  Eve was quite charismatic, she also really made the most of this material and it was pretty neat to see her in a Western taking place in New Zealand. Unfortunately, this movie still never really worked though. First of all, I actually think the damned thing actually had some potential but the tone was not raw enough for me. A bigger issue was that too much stuff didn’t make much sense. For example, how did the main character figure out that her son was in Goldtown? Seriously, I watched the scene in the post-office twice and I still didn’t understand how she came to this conclusion. The bad guy was also rather bewildering. I mean, he stole their money, he killed David Lockton but that was apparently not enough, he also wanted to have Charlotte Lockton for himself so that’s why he kept her baby? The only thing that could have make it work was if they might have chosen an actor who would have played the character as seriously unhinged but, for some reasons, they ended up with Jack Davenport who gave a completely lifeless performance. Another thing that didn’t make sense whatsoever was that Joshua McCullen was working for the Locktons, he stole most of their money and within 3 months he managed to build up a hotel in Goldtown? Seriously, the timing felt way off since it was pretty obvious that the guy had been a major public figure in this little town for quite some time already. Anyway, to conclude, I’m afraid it turned out to be another rather half-baked project for the lovely actress and I don’t think it is really worth a look.