The Horseman

Awesome Movie! 5 stars! One of the most intense movie I've seen!
Intense! like the previous review said, you have seen this plot before (more recently in the Taken move with Liam Neeson) but you have NEVER seen any revenge plot produced with such intensity.
Every minute is pretty much gripping and heart wrenching and honest. Our main character isn't a Kung Fu, special ops, commando type guy but just your average Joe who is at first emotionally numb towards his daughter's recent death. As the movie goes on his anger and rage grows and eventually he gets revenge not with choreographed action sequences and Hollywood special effects but with an honest and graphic caveman-like violence. If anything the violence inflicted is very human and honest and up close. It connects you with the hero because in most scenes he is fighting not just for revenge but for his own life as he gets mixed up with the wrong people connected to the original people he is seeking. This is where the movie earns every star.
Very good stuff. Like I said it reminded me of...

An Unsung Masterpiece
The Horseman absolutely blew me away I'm ordering it as I write this.
I caught it on Fios On Demand.
After his daughter ends up dead The girl in questions father finds out she was involved in a porno shoot where she was drugged and abused on set. What ensues next is one of the best revenge films I have ever seen.
It is shot somewhat out of sequence,basically after he"Peter Marshall" gives a ride to a stranded girl near the same age as his deceased daughter ,she asks if he has any children.This takes him back to the beginning in a flashback and from there it goes from flashback to real time.
It is brutal,bloody with teeth grinding ,edge of your seat suspense and action.
I don't see it as a horror movie but a riveting bloody thriller.
It starts off full speed ahead and never lets up.There was not one moment that I wasn't glued to the TV.Peter Marshall is incredibly believable ,powerful and brilliant as Christian the vengeful father on a mission.Since the...

Sticks with you like a big knuckle sandwich
Just when you're perhaps starting to think, "Well, this is OK but I'm just not sure it's so great..." it takes off. What a ride. Deep emotion and personal reflection that quickly intensifies into one of the most believably vicious movies Ive ever seen. Youll feel like you've had the stuffing knocked out of you.

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Crazy

Dumb Even for a Fake Biopic.
I really thought that I'd enjoy this movie but each minute, each scene just kept displaying historical inaccuracies which were completely pointless historical inaccuracies that eventually just wore me down and killed the movie for me. In other words, they could have gotten these dates and characters and events right without harming the movie's drama in any way. For example, the real opening scene of Hank at the Opry-Hank Williams wasn't on the Opry in 1945 and his song that was used wasn't written yet. To mention a few more stupidities - Billy Byrd wasn't a hopeless drunk. The Korean War wasn't still going on in 1955. Just to mention a few. . .

The other scenes of Hank establishing himself in Nashville are interesting and the name dropping and glimpses of the stars are enjoyable.

The real problem with the movie is the incredibly bad writing and directing which the fine acting of this cast, all of whom were unfamiliar to me, could not overcome. Doesn't it...

Crazy
The music for the soundtrack is wonderfully played--well worth seeing the movie just for that. From what I've read, the actual Hank Garland story was changed somewhat for the movie, but it's a great movie, whether it's truth or fiction. I recommend it highly.

Simply Awesome!!!
I saw this movie about a year ago at a small theater in St. Charles, Illinois. Before that, I had heard of Hank Garland, but never realized how much he contributed to the Nashville community with his fine guitar work..working with Brenda Lee..Patsy Cline..and many others. I REALLY enjoyed the cameo appearance by Mandy Barnett, whom I consider one of the BEST singers Nashville has to offer. Her renditions of "Walking After Midnight"..and "I Fall To Pieces"are stunning!!!I only wish we could have more music from this lady, who hasn't had a CD out for some years now. The only negative..musicwise..is they did not have the foresight to let Mandy sing the title song"Crazy".That went to Diana Krall..who does a decent job...BUT Mandy would of "knocked it out of the box"!!

Bravo..Rent this Movie..It was worth the long wait to get to DVD!!!

Ken Kostyra

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