SYNOPSICS
Shiloh Falls (2007) is a English movie. Adrian Fulle has directed this movie. Esteban Powell,Forrest Witt,Patrick Graves,J. Marvin Campbell are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2007. Shiloh Falls (2007) is considered one of the best Thriller,Western movie in India and around the world.
Shiloh Falls is an exhilarating tale of good versus evil set in the untamed wild west. Gritty lawman John Gaffney has finally tracked down the murderous Dalton Taggert and his gang to the outpost town of Shiloh Falls. But before the fugitives can be brought to justice, a mysterious stranger appears in town, more powerful than any man. When there is no escaping his powers, the sworn enemies must pull together to fight true evil. The heart racing quest rides from the majestic frontier to a pulse pounding main street shoot-em-up for divine retribution.
Shiloh Falls (2007) Reviews
To paraphrase Monty Python ... Must not be Scottish ...
....CAUSE IT'S CRAP! The kind of movie that makes you want to go and smack the movie maker and say "WHY?". Horrible camera work...count the times the camera tries to remain steady on one person and can't. The dialog is ridiculous. The acting is comical. It looks like they took over a ghost town in the west to see if they could make a movie on the least amount of money possible. I'd bet $10 they used home video cameras to make this. Either that, or most of the cameramen were drunk. Truly the trailers are more entertaining than the movie. If you ever want to host a "Worst Movie Party", bring this one. Want more entertainment...stare at a wall.
"We've been stuck here for a while now".
Well now, the reviewers on this board have not been kind to "Shiloh Falls". Some go so far as to call it the worst Western ever made, even the worst movie ever made. I can think of a few I've seen that were more dismal, "Cry Blood Apache" and "Deadwood '76" are a couple that immediately come to mind. Maybe by stating that I like the concept of a mystical Western I can bring a little balance to the argument. This one is told through the eyes of narrator and young deputy Sam (Jack Littman), on a mission with his Ranger father (Greg Littman) to bring in a trio of outlaws who have escaped from the Austin State Pen. What one might have considered instead of being so hard on the picture is the underlying theme of Sam's aspiration to become an artist instead of a lawman, drawing things that give him hope as he rides the countryside battling his fear of facing down bad guys. Perhaps the film makers could have done a better job of exploring the Soul Collector's origin instead of just plopping him into the story to do his dirty work. Then positioning him with some Achilles heel would have given the Ranger and his outlaw allies a way to take him out. The bow and arrow remedy was effective for the Collector's previous victims, but Dalton (Brad Greenquist) choked at the final confrontation, so we never got to see that angle play out. Still, it did seem just a bit too easy for Sam to defeat the Collector by snatching the little doo-dad off his chest. Maybe a better Western one might catch with this kind of mystical flavor is 1999's "Purgatory" with a stronger name cast and utilizing character names based on historical figures of the Old West. It has your standard blazing shootout at the finale, with a redemption for the picture's heroes who stayed true to their convictions even if it meant eternity in hell.
Pretty bad
Where do they get the money to make films like this? I mean, there's nothing redeeming about this film. None of the actors are known, the writing is terrible, the photography is blurry, the story wanders between being a bad version of Repo Man and a nicklodeon western and the acting is unbelievable. For someone who watches all kinds of film, good and bad, I must admit that this film is about the worst I've seen since Attack of the Eye People back in the 50's. I don't really like to trash the effort of people trying to create some entertainment or, heaven forbid, art but this film would seem to appeal to no one. The story bends on a mystical contamination of a person who's a bad version of the Celtic Soul eater, although he functions more like a male succubus without the sexual overtones. The bad guys have to team up with the good guys in a town where they are unable to escape from. Take it from there as that, alas, is the best part. My advice is that unless you are into bad mythology, amateurish writing, unconvincing acting and tedious settings, you will best be served by leaving this one on the shelf when you're out renting videos.
Absolutely terrible.
I love Westerns. I could watch them all day. "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" is my all time favorite. I watched "Silverado" for probably the 8th time just the other day because it was being featured on CMT. However, this movie, Shiloh Falls is without a doubt the worst Western I have ever watched. The acting was terrible all around. They explain nothing at the end of the mysterious compass looking thing. The only good part I can think of is the good-looking cantina girl. The very noticeable long pauses between the dialog seemed intentional just to make up time to make the movie of acceptable length. This movie wasn't even worth the new rental fee I paid at our local movie rental store. I felt like I was robbed and deserving of a rental refund if there was such a thing. Only reason I finished it was because I hate to not see a movie through to the end. I turned it off half way through because it was so bad. To the director, please do a better job if you decide to make another. This is the kind of movie that has the potential to turn people off to Westerns.
My husband apologized to me for renting this
I just got through watching this DVD at home. We love Westerns, so my husband rented it. He started apologizing to me half way through. The saddles, costumes, accents--everything was off. The part that made me so mad is where the guy didn't shoot the "collector" with his bow and arrow as he was taking the fat guy's soul. His only excuse was "he only had 2 arrows left." We watched it all the way through, and, as someone else said...too many bad things to single out any one reason why it sucked. I mean, the fact that the boy happened to snatch the evil stone from the collector on the same month and day it was found, what's the point of that? And why were there a grave yard where everyone died on April 25 but the people whose souls were taken by the collector were still up walking around? If you want a movie to make fun of after a few beers, this may be your movie. However, if you want a real Western, you will hate this movie.