This film begins in Georgia during the Civil War with a young woman by the name of "Willa Randall" (Heather Clark) having to take care of her alcoholic father "Jesse Randall" (James Holmes) due to the death of her mother and brother. Although her father insists on her marrying a rich man named "Major Edgar Dodds" (Dave Long) who lives on a plantation nearby, she is adamantly opposed to the idea due in large part to his sadistic and cruel behavior. Then one night, when her father is passed out from drinking too much alcohol, things finally come to a head when Edgar enters her bedroom and tries to rape her. Barely managing to escape, she cuts her hair and finds protection by dressing up as a man and joining a nearby cavalry regiment. The problem, of course, is not only surviving combat against Union forces but also keeping her gender secret from all of the other men she is in close contact with. Meanwhile, Major Edgar Dodds is determined to find her and will leave no stone unturned until he does. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this film had a number of major flaws which were too obvious to be ignored. For starters, other than possibly both Heather Clark and Tripp Courtney (as "Captain Jefferson Spencer") I thought that overall acting was quite poor. Having said that, I fully understand that many of the performers were not professional actors. Even so, that doesn't mean that the overall acting in a movie doesn't matter. It does. Likewise, despite my opinion that Heather Clark performed adequately enough, I'm not sure that she was the best choice for that particular role as she was much too pretty for the part and even the bulky Confederate uniform couldn't hide her features that well. I don't know, maybe a better makeup artist or costume designer could have resolved this issue to a certain degree. But then, low-budget productions like this often encounter problems of this nature. Same thing with the cheap sets and poor dialogue. Be that as may, although I actually liked the overall plot, the faults I just mentioned were simply too obvious and in good conscience I cannot rate this movie any higher than I have.
