A Reckoning (2018) User Reviews

Funny movie

[the_doofy · 3/10 · 26 September 2018]

Is our heroin on purposely shooting objects out of the cannibal villains hand, or are those inexplicable 'near misses' ?

I guess the opening speech is a -ready set go- for the western version of 'deathrace' where only one will survive to confront the cannibal villain, oh which one will it be?

Can't really hear some of the spoken dialogue, I think the guy playing the cannibal figured this out, so he is largely yelling his lines, LOL, so we definitely hear him. Did our screen writer get some of his inspiration from 'the shining' when he wrote the dialogue for the crazy cannibal?

Oh where did the bullet go that hit our heroin dead center in the back?

Did our heroin get a dirt smudge on her pretty cheek at some point in her fearless revenge quest? Why did she leave her horse and souvenir play rifle bought at a tourist shop behind?

I see black powder pistols being shot, and cartridges being loaded into them, oh woe is me

Very pretty Oregon coast footage used in the movie. Acting was ok, cannibal man dialogue was my favorite part. Costuming was quite good. The music (score) was good, but sometimes drowned out the words.

"May revenge be just, and the dead rest in peace."

[classicsoncall · 3/10 · 11 July 2021]

Mountain Man outlaw Jedediah (Todd A. Robinson) asked Mary O'Malley the right question when he asked her how she knew where she was going. Because by any reasonable standard, the viewer can't possibly know how she expected to find the man who killed her husband. Her plan to follow the only clear path through the woods made no sense at all, but for the sake of the story, you had to take it on faith she was moving in the right direction.

There's a whole slew of these recent Westerns out there that are just terribly written and acted, but with such stunning scenery that it somewhat makes up for the story. Only somewhat though. And there's also a little of the old bait and switch with the name of Lance Henriksen in the credits for this one, who's fourth billed but only appears for about five minutes in an opening segment. He did the same favor for 2019's "Eminence Hill", though that was a considerably better Western, but not by much.

At least the crazy old coot Marrow (Kevin Makely) livens things up a bit near the finale with his cannibal gig. He reminded me a lot of Ray McKinnon in the HBO series "Deadwood" in which his character, Reverend Smith, had a fatal bout of epilepsy, waxing philosophically about all manner of things before he went belly up. At first glance, that's who I thought it was in this picture.

Let me, along with just about every other reviewer here, try to ward you off from this picture as it doesn't have a compelling story to tell, and there's no other reason to check it out. Unless you like gorgeous, scenic cinematography.

Waste Of Time

[black_yellow · 4/10 · 6 December 2018]

Slowly and badly story progress.Absolutely waste of time.There is, however, a potential issue.

Justin Lee needs to find a new hobby

[Top_Dawg_Critic · 2/10 · 9 September 2018]

Who puts up the money for this garbage? This is the second failure I've seen this week from Justin Lee - the first being another miserable mess Any Bullet Will Do. Does he not know how to write a screenplay or direct his actors? Dumb story that goes nowhere and actors that don't know how to act! Lousy pacing and boring extended scenes that make you yawn. If you have insomnia, this will put you to sleep. Seriously, a 5th grade drama class can come up with a better production! A generous 2/10 for the cinematography.

Borrrrrriiiiinnnnngggggg!!!!

[kenbo-63833 · 2/10 · 7 September 2018]

Wow...decent start...then nothing happens . I could not even get thru the first half hour. This women starts to ride off looking for her husbands killer..but where is she going? There are no clues to follow as far as I can see....then the next 20 minutes all you see are scenes of her riding, making a campfire, etc. Lost interest by now...shut it off. Back to Redbox...glad it was only 1.50 dollar rental.

Don't bother

[harleythunder-55020 · 2/10 · 16 September 2018]

Movie starts out ok, then drags all the way to the end, how she goes about trying to get revenge is just all together boring. Also the way she acts at times makes no sense if she was really out there doing this. Waste of time.

Horrible

[cav6 · 2/10 · 27 August 2018]

Clearly one of the worst movies I have watched, and I am 60 years old!

Not worth the run time

[gerejt · 1/10 · 7 February 2019]

Watch the first 5 minutes, then skip to the last 5 minutes. This is nothing more than a 10 minute movie, at best. There are more scenes of rivers, streams and oceans than anything else of importance through the middle of it.

Painfully Drawn Out

[mrstextur · 1/10 · 13 September 2018]

This movie drags within the first few minutes and you keep expecting the pace to pick up but it never does. What was meant to be the climax was just to ridiculous thanks to the cheesy dialogue. The focus on the scenery and the annoying music score added to the misery of this women's long walk for revenge. Don't waste your time. Literally more than half of this movie is her walking through the woods or on a beach alone with no dialogue.

Not as bad as others claim

[jmetbirdstorm · 2 January 2022]

If you have a short attention span, as many others that left a review have, then this movie is not for you. There aren't horse chases, fist fights, or lots of gun battles. It's a simple movie about a woman searching for her husband's killer. She spends most of her time alone traveling through a largely uninhabited wilderness. The cinematography was very good. It looks to my eye to have been filmed in the northwest USA. I suspect this is a lot more true to life, during the time period it portrays, than the big budget shoot 'em ups that the other reviewers so desperately wanted this to be. It's not a bad movie, it's just a movie that todays adults, with their video game addictions, and there constant need for entertainment, can't cope with.

Waste of Time

[cdmllm · 1/10 · 4 March 2020]

This has got to be the most BORING movie I have EVER watched. The main character is about as exciting as watching grass grow.. I actually found myself cheering for the villain, hoping he'd knock off the heroine, if you want to call her that. I watched all the way till the last 5 minutes hoping something would redeem the time I'd already lost. This movie and the actress were seriously bad!

I love Westerns

[schupfnudel1 · 10/10 · 18 August 2018]

I love western movies! The story is actually quite unusual for a Western because it is completely about revenge. The movie got me excited about it and the leading lady is really great! Who likes western movies should definitely watch this movie. Have fun!

Minus 1 star

[metalwarrior-30102 · 1/10 · 18 January 2019]

Awful awful movie. long and boring. no action no good ending just plain crap. i wasted money on this and a little piece of my time that i wont get back...take it from me, do not watch this heaping steaming pile of crap.

Zero..

[tenderlifecaregivers · 17 September 2018]

Very DISSATISFYING..I WANNA CHOKE WHO EVER MADE THIS MOVIE!!!WHAT A SHAME REALLY JUST TO MAKE MONEY?AND FOR THE CASTS, ARE YOU NOT CHECKING OR WATCH YOURSELVES BEFORE BRINGING IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC???

Good Grief

[mikebiddell · 1/10 · 9 October 2021]

I would rather saw my own b*llocks off with a rusty pen knife.

As a result of those inconsistencies bring this movie down a little, the long boring moments does not bother me

[jordondave-28085 · 4/10 · 18 July 2023]

(2018) A Reckoning WESTERN

Written and directed by Justin Lee that has Mary (June Dietrich) seeking retribution after her husband was discovered mauled. And she offers the property that she owns in exchange for a gun and a horse so she can go after the person who has done this. Lance Henrickson also stars as the mouthpiece of the tent group attempting to convince Mary not to go and do this since they already got bounty hunters and so forth to do this. He only appears at the beginning and that is it, for the rest of the movie has Mary trekking the man responsible.

Although it is a western, much of the movie takes place in the forest. It's a poor attempt to duplicating a much superior Western like "Hostiles" starring Christian Bale from 2017. The forest environment did not bother me, but the inconsistencies did, like the guy who took Mary's horse, forcing her to walk. And after she succeeds to killing him, she never bother to retrieve her horse back. And the main bad guy, Marrow (Kevin Makely), I mean, what's up with him! How come the only bullets he has are the ones on his holster? Where is his gun belt? Cannibal killers, particularly do not carry a pistol without gun belts.

What a waste of time

[winginsue · 1/10 · 11 September 2020]

The story in this movie was so thin that it was nearly non existant. The dialog, weak. The best part of this movie was the scenery. I got the impression the story and actors were just an after thought.

O.M.G

[freeee-39918 · 6 November 2018]

Don't try to watch it ever....never don't, waste your time awful so bad in all the meaning of each letter