Western

A Tale of Two Guns

In the lawless West, The Cowboys, a notorious brotherhood of killers and thieves, reigned over the land with brutal fists and fast guns. Fate had finally caught up with them and now the merciless gang has but a single surviving member. When a deputized gunslinger takes up the call to hunt down the last Cowboy, the chase is on and the bullets fly, and only one of these hardened men can survive.

Release Date : 2022-02-17

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company :

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : A Tale of Two Guns

Cast

Character Name : Elma McTeague

Original Name : Dendrie Taylor

Gender : Female

Character Name : Doctor Hennigan

Original Name : Jennifer Wenger

Gender : Female

Character Name : Warren Drake

Original Name : Griff Furst

Gender : Male

Character Name : Virgil Montgomery

Original Name : Edward Finlay

Gender : Male

Character Name : Artemis Hollinger

Original Name : Ed Morrone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ben Mirkwood

Original Name : Randy Charach

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tarak

Original Name : Daniel Luján

Gender : Male

Character Name : Deputy Dan

Original Name : Curt Lambert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ike Bullard

Original Name : David Nett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Landing Attendant

Original Name : Tony A. Sims

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chauncy Calloway

Original Name : Jeff Dean

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fred Moore

Original Name : Robert Amato

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cowboy 3

Original Name : Dan Koenig

Gender : Male

Character Name : Deputy 2

Original Name : Troy Coleman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tanner Richmond

Original Name : Brian Cunningham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marshall McTeague

Original Name : Tom Berenger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Junior

Original Name : Danny Trejo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Abel Cruz

Original Name : Casper Van Dien

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain Mathias

Original Name : Judd Nelson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bill

Original Name : Jeff Fahey

Gender : Male

Character Name : McCloskey

Original Name : Jake Busey

Gender : Male

Reviews

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2022-09-03

If I had to guess I would say that director Justin Lee is aiming for a meta-western, and A Tale of Two Guns (a title that must have sounded great on paper but which makes little contextual sense) certainly is very self-aware – even a little too much for its own good; here is a movie where the score in a scene set in a saloon (though according to the sign outside it is a “club” rather than a saloon) is Scott Joplin’s “The Entertainer.” There is also a lot of talk about “the end of an era” and “a dying breed” and “figur[ing] out what men like us are gonna do in this life” now that “The organization known as the Cowboys has come to an end.” As a matter of fact, there is a lot of talking in this movie, period, and quite a bit of it is rather incomprehensible. For instance, we have such non sequiturs as “I do not like your face, sir. Therefore, I will feel no such way about killing you on the merit that you are an annoyance in my presence.” Now, don’t get me wrong; I love westerns almost as much as I love films about people talking, and there is no law that says a western can’t or shouldn’t be wordy (I’m reminded of Ed Harris’s Appaloosa, which had a lot of fun with the English language), but perhaps there is a reason that some of the greatest westerns seem to be as laconic as their heroes. Two Guns is at its best when it’s about, in its own words, “the thrill of the hunt”; a cat and mouse game in which the pursuer (Ed Morrone) says of his prey (Casper Van Dien) that “I've just been hunting this man for a few weeks now, and every time I think I might understand him, he does something to surprise me.” Both Morrone and Van Dien turn in solid performances, and there’s also strong supporting work from the likes of Tom Berenger, Jeff Fahey, Judd Nelson, and Danny Trejo. Morrone is new to me, and the others are far from what you’d call an A-list cast; on the other hand, this isn’t the first rodeo for any of them, and they all bring a world-weary journeyman quality to the proceedings that is much welcome and much appreciated.