This movie is set in Georgia and was filmed in Georgia and North Carolina. I enjoyed it for Tom Wopat who I watched almost 50 years ago in "Dukes of Hazard". Now at 70 years old he takes on different types of roles. Here he is newly reelected, elderly Sheriff Alden Rockwell.
Kelsey Crane is newly elected Sheriff Joanne Porter of the adjacent county. She is trained in more modern theories and methods of law enforcement and that naturally causes clashes with the older men.
The meat of this story is the beginning, the annual reenactment of a Civil War battle, in costume and with muskets. One participant is found dead, shot not with a musket ball but with a 9mm bullet. Since the body is directly in the middle of the dirt road that separates two adjacent counties. Which Sheriff will take control of the investigation?
My wife and I watched it streaming on Prime. We enjoyed it, for the most part, but too much of it stretches the realm of believability. For example, one scene where the criminal suspects shoot at the feet of the arriving law enforcement, as to not hit them. With a high-powered rifle. Then nothing of consequence happened to the shooters.
Then, at the end when the killer and his motive were revealed, the short scene systematically explained point-by-point why he was killing people. Something that the movie provided no clue about so everything before that point was just a series of red herrings. The hallmark of a mediocre movie.
Yes, it is not a particularly good movie but we enjoyed enough of the actors that it wasn't a complete waste of time.
Kelsey Crane is newly elected Sheriff Joanne Porter of the adjacent county. She is trained in more modern theories and methods of law enforcement and that naturally causes clashes with the older men.
The meat of this story is the beginning, the annual reenactment of a Civil War battle, in costume and with muskets. One participant is found dead, shot not with a musket ball but with a 9mm bullet. Since the body is directly in the middle of the dirt road that separates two adjacent counties. Which Sheriff will take control of the investigation?
My wife and I watched it streaming on Prime. We enjoyed it, for the most part, but too much of it stretches the realm of believability. For example, one scene where the criminal suspects shoot at the feet of the arriving law enforcement, as to not hit them. With a high-powered rifle. Then nothing of consequence happened to the shooters.
Then, at the end when the killer and his motive were revealed, the short scene systematically explained point-by-point why he was killing people. Something that the movie provided no clue about so everything before that point was just a series of red herrings. The hallmark of a mediocre movie.
Yes, it is not a particularly good movie but we enjoyed enough of the actors that it wasn't a complete waste of time.