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As is sadly all to often the case, this is an absolutely butchered remake of a great classic from 1957. I started watching this with an open mind, and followed half way though keeping my hopes up. The ending was so stupid that it made me angry and I vow to never watch this piece of crap again. Russell Crowe is the outlaw, and does okay with the script he is forced to digest. The characters do things that don't make any sense. What was a believable psychological testing of human nature created by John Ford in 1957 was hacked up and made into a confusing movie with mindless action and stupid characters. The great western film era is past, and modern directors that try to adapt classics to fit the short attention span action seeking modern audience should be hung from a tall tree with a short rope. Hopefully this hack doesn't take on The Ox-Bow Incident next! If you're not afraid of black and white, find the original John Ford version and watch it, it is truly an underrated classic movie. Forget this remake even exists. On a side note, a few modern westerns get it right, like the remake "Tombstone" in 1993 and more recently "Open Range" in 2003, which were both 5-star anomalies in a time when good Hollywood westerns are as scarce as real cowboys.As is sadly all to often the case, this is an absolutely butchered remake of a great classic from 1957. I started watching this with an open mind, and followed half way though keeping my hopes up. The ending was so stupid that it made me angry and I vow to never watch this piece of crap again. Russell Crowe is the outlaw, and does okay with the script he is forced to digest. The characters do things that don't make any sense. What was a believable psychological testing of human nature created by Delmer Daves in 1957 was hacked up and made into a confusing movie with mindless action and stupid characters. The great western film era is past, and modern directors that try to adapt classics to fit the short attention span action seeking modern audience should be hung from a tall tree with a short rope. Hopefully this hack doesn't take on The Ox-Bow Incident next! If you're not afraid of black and white, find the original Delmer Daves version starring acting legends Glenn Ford and Van Heflin which is truly an underrated classic movie. Forget this remake even exists. On a side note, a few modern westerns get it right, like the remake "Tombstone" in 1993 and more recently "Open Range" in 2003, which were both 5-star anomalies in a time when good Hollywood westerns are as scarce as real cowboys.