A RIVER OF SKULLS is an indie western which is perhaps the best realised I've seen given the budget range, at least in terms of setting; a realistic, living, breathing western town is depicted here with some skill and finesse on the part of the set designers and costumers. A shame, then, that the story isn't up to much and generally fails to invest you in the lives and motivations of the main characters. It's ultimately a hollow experience, one which can easily be transcended by watching just about any mainstream western instead.
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JUST LIKE BEING MARRIED
nogodnomasters9 April 2019
Warning: Spoilers
This is a low end western with a substandard script and acting.
Sometime after a mother dies in childbirth, Dad, a gold miner decides he can't care for his children anymore and sends them all away, although he has a house keeper and an older daughter. The daughter works at a boarding house where she comes of age, with her love divided between a wealthy young man and a "half breed." But she is in no way torn by it.
Eventually the characters are all forced not to follow their dreams and it turns into a bad western soap opera. There were no skulls and the river only had a cameo. I am not sure where the interesting title came from.
There are better low budget westerns out there.
Parental Guide: No f-bombs, or nudity. Brief sex/ rape scenes.Prostitution.
Sometime after a mother dies in childbirth, Dad, a gold miner decides he can't care for his children anymore and sends them all away, although he has a house keeper and an older daughter. The daughter works at a boarding house where she comes of age, with her love divided between a wealthy young man and a "half breed." But she is in no way torn by it.
Eventually the characters are all forced not to follow their dreams and it turns into a bad western soap opera. There were no skulls and the river only had a cameo. I am not sure where the interesting title came from.
There are better low budget westerns out there.
Parental Guide: No f-bombs, or nudity. Brief sex/ rape scenes.Prostitution.
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