The concept was fine. I liked the lead antagonist actor but his part was too cowardly. The whole thing was a bit rushed in the end and there was an unbelievably low level of struggle. If the goal was to make it seem that this was because the boy was brainwashed then it failed miserably because he clearly wasn't. I think the story and even the weak "twist" at the end was interesting but not very original. If remade the antagonist needs to put up more of a fight and the girl foster friend character needs a bit more development. IMDB shows that this was filmed in Europe and the farm setting was pretty. I'd rate higher but the film really fell apart in the end with way too much stuff wrapping up in the last 15 minutes. When the credits rolled I was left with a "...umm...well I guess that just happened" sense of dumbfoundedness. The cast and crew should keep at it though. The story has "good bones" so to speak but just wasn't fleshed out enough and felt really rushed towards the end IMO.
Review of The Cattle Farmer
