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It’s the latest noteworthy credit on the country music star’s lengthening résumé as an actor, and it will be interesting to see how well he graduates to full-blown lead in the upcoming Fox series “Monarch.”
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As Captain Hensley, he projects intimidating authority without relying at all on his formidable physicality - truth to tell, he remains seated throughout most of the movie - and scores devastating impact with growled insults aimed at underlings (“Stay away from big words, Private - they don’t agree with you!”), a bothersome Mary Primm (“Don’t you have a brothel to run?”) and anyone else who displeases him. Regan leavens his portrayal of Wasco with an affecting sense of melancholy, while Marrone stops a few feet - inches, really - of going completely over the top in his underplaying/overplaying while radiating bad vibes and worse intentions.Īnd Trace Adkins periodically pops up to effortlessly pilfer scenes while wrapping his honey-dripping drawl around Lee’s dialogue.
(The film’s conclusion suggests the investigative reporter, after earning her spurs, may be back for a sequel.) As Mary Primm, a golden-hearted hooker with a hankering for Jericho, Danielle Gross breathes an acceptable amount of fresh life into a genre stereotype. Thompson’s occasional awkwardness as Annabelle actually suits her fish-out-of-water character well, as does her shakiness when Annabelle demonstrates how unfamiliar she is with brandishing weaponry. Dead would be preferable.” The dead option is immediately attractive to Oslo Pike (Ed Marrone), a grandiloquent gunfighter - er, duelist - who’s eager to enhance his rep. Hensley, who visits Apache Junction to announce a bounty on Jericho’s head: “I want him dead or alive. (Some cynics may be tempted to smirk when it’s revealed Jericho and Wasco are longtime housemates, but that’s their problem.) Unfortunately, one of the deceased soldiers just happens to be the son of Capt. When three soldiers cruising through Apache Junction attempt to forcibly use Annabelle as a novel change from the town’s sex workers, they are summarily gunned down by Jericho and Wasco (Ricky Lee Regan), his faithful yet often scolding Native American companion. Naturally, this semi-peaceful coexistence is upset shortly after Annabelle starts her investigative reporting. Hensley (Trace Adkins), that he’ll likely be unable to protect her, largely because of his special relationship with the not-so-good citizens of Apache Junction: His soldiers don’t burn the place to the ground, or arrest any of the varmints whose wanted posters festoon his office wall, and they provide his outpost with supplies and, when soldiers do venture into the town, female companionship. She even maintains a brave face - or tries to, at least - when warned by the commander of a nearby Army post, Capt. “Everywhere else,” a curious visitor is told, “there’s a price on their heads.”īut that visitor, a budding Nelly Bly named Annabelle Angel ( Scout Taylor Thompson), is not scared off by descriptions of the dangerous town and its trigger-happy denizens.
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Stuart Townsend capably conveys virile grit and straight-shooting confidence, along with a heavy hints of self-medication through alcohol, as Jericho Ford, a notorious gunfighter who appears to be first among equals in Apache Junction, an 1881 Arizona Territory town that serves as “a neutral patch of ground” for outlaws in need of a safe haven. The last man standing? It’s not so much who he is as how he’s able to stand that is mildly surprising. Offenses Will Result In Either Death Or Banishment.”Īnd the inevitable clash in the street between sworn enemies is pointedly referred to, and carried out as, a duel, not a gunfight. A sign above the bar, complete with Oxford comma, explains the rules of decorum: “Unjustified Violence, Thieving, And Rape Will Not Be Tolerated. Instead of a barroom brawl, for example, we get what can best be described as a prize fight - complete with bell-ringing to indicate the start and stop of rounds - refereed by the barkeep (Thomas Jane, making the most of a small part) when two tough galoots duke it out in a saloon. But there’s a twist or two to the conventions. 24 in limited theatrical release and on digital platforms - provides the requisite amount of gunplay, fisticuffs, distressing of damsels and other Western tropes. To be sure, “Apache Junction” - which premieres Sept. Once again, Lee prefers to canter rather than gallop as he spins his storyline, allowing his well-cast leads enough time to reveal themselves in sometimes leisurely, sometimes suspenseful dialogue exchanges.