When judging a movie, what matters is not the plot or content those are both better expressed in writing or on stage. The key to this medium is the *camera*, not the actors or the just the action devoid of context.
What we have here is a complete cinematic nullity; ostensibly, it's all a staged enactment of the morality play. Not even the handkerchief fight thrills or convinces.
Is there a single piece of good acting or dialogue? Is there a single character that has dimensions beyond a cartoon? Oh, we know there won't be any ambiguity, irony or self-examination
but is there at least anything engaging about the way the camera discovers the narrative? Is there?
The world is waiting for someone to give this a Conradian 'Heart of Darkness' treatment(the gradual unfolding of the madness). Until then, the only intelligent treatment we have of this subject is "Outlaw Josey Wales".
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