A fine Western about a middle-aged bounty hunter teaming up with a young and inexperienced sheriff in order to bring law and order to a frontier town. Together they need to fight both criminals and fans of lynching justice...
"The Tin Star" is well-written and suspenseful. It is also brave enough to tackle the theme of racism aimed at Native Americans, by showing the devastation caused by cruel mantras and callous generalizations. Sadly the movie suffers somewhat by its determination to reward the deserving and punish the guilty : its happy ending is too happy to be entirely credible. In real life, it's likely that the story being told would have ended with a number of innocents disappearing into hastily dug graves.
Still, "Star" contains at least one memorable scene worthy of a horror movie, what with a festive crowd throwing a surprise birthday party for a much beloved citizen and receiving a VERY nasty shock instead.
"The Tin Star" is well-written and suspenseful. It is also brave enough to tackle the theme of racism aimed at Native Americans, by showing the devastation caused by cruel mantras and callous generalizations. Sadly the movie suffers somewhat by its determination to reward the deserving and punish the guilty : its happy ending is too happy to be entirely credible. In real life, it's likely that the story being told would have ended with a number of innocents disappearing into hastily dug graves.
Still, "Star" contains at least one memorable scene worthy of a horror movie, what with a festive crowd throwing a surprise birthday party for a much beloved citizen and receiving a VERY nasty shock instead.