Cal lost his wife and unborn son when robbers hit the stage she was on, killing everyone. Ten years later, he's still working himself to the bone, trying to forget the nightmare, and he's now foreman of the Garrett Ranch. When he noticed someone moved the boundary fence, giving more land to Circle C Ranch, their neighbor, he chose to investigate, only to run into a wall at every turn... His boss didn't want to stir the pot, and the sheriff ignored him. Choosing to confront the owner himself, he went to Circle C... only to find a burly man trying to assault a young woman... He rescued her, who claims to be the dead Emily Carson, but she was too scared to leave. So he told her to hide. Unfortunately, this also exposed a secret that the conspirators tried to bury...
While I like the secret, it also didn't make any sense. The plot just feels... wrong. It doesn't squeeze me tighter and tighter like a good plot should. And the romance is minimal... it's mostly adventure, thank the rescuer, that sort of deal.
Spoiler
I warned you!
Sheriff accidentally shot his own daughter, then killed his own wife as a witness. But instead of killing the only other witness (Circle C's owner Carson), he instead got blackmailed by Carson, when Carson held a FAKE funeral for his own daughter Emily (in reality, buried sheriff's daughter) while sheriff told everyone his wife ran off. Carson then kept his daughter imprisoned for years, letting his ranchhands raid stages and commit crimes, even rape Emily, and sheriff look the other way. Does this make any sense? Just kill the SOB. And why keep Emily alive at all?
Category: Historical Western
Overall Rating: 2/5
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