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Not watching this movie would be denying the work/art that Halyna Hutchins created and was her final legacy. I wanted to watch and see what she did as a female cinematographer. I had a feeling she would be very good and she did not disappoint. I like westerns for the scenery and horses. Halyna did many great sky scenes that were beautiful and reminded me of the cinematography in the movie Nomadland which was the first movie to highlight natural sky scenes. The Rust script wasn't bad and I found Harlan Rust's dialogue to be quite witty---many Rust-isms that were decent. There are many movies out recently that are a lot worse---especially the constant horror movies to satiate the younger crowd. This film is not for ADD, immature young people who want to act out during Minecraft or believe in vampires. If you loved Dances With Wolves, Yellowstone--it is like a good episode that won't win any awards but is still worth viewing.

I love Jason Statham but I can't watch the John Wick series with Keanu Reeves for some reason. To get my vicarious gun battles I am compelled to follow JS. He definitely needs to hold out for a better script. Sylvester Stallone is really scraping the barrel with his script---lots of leftovers turned into mystery meat. A 3 star on the script. Stallone uses Rambo, Anora, his TV series Tulsa King, and most of all, the Arnold Schwarzenegger 1985 film, Commando, with the kidnapped daughter plot. Unfortunately, the ending leaves room for a sequel and the script will probably be lousy again. I don't understand why Jason can't get a top-notch movie series along the lines of Mission Impossible franchise.

As a fan of this genre, I was compelled to watch even though the reviews were mediocre. I am someone that likes to see the old cars in movies and can be satisfied with that alone (very odd, I know.) It was kind of a dry, documentary style rather than getting viewers emotionally involved. The flashing scenes of news/photos/history were overdone and became annoying. Robert De Niro did a decent job playing both parts but Debra Messing's role as his wife (Frank Costello) should have been expanded to make the movie more interesting. I enjoyed the historical record of the events and would recommend it for that alone. But if someone is looking for a film that is like Goodfellas, Casino or The Godfather----it doesn't measure up to that level.