“Murder at Yellowstone City” – We’re the victims [MOVIE REVIEW]
Where to begin on what went wrong? It’s really not that complicated. Thomas Jane as Thaddeus in “Murder at Yellowstone City.” Photo courtesy of RJLE Films. Writer Eric Belgau started with a tried and true concept. In 1881, the old west town of Yellowstone City is no longer booming when suddenly things begin to look up. A down-on-his-luck prospector sells his last worthwhile possession, a gold watch, to buy some dynamite to blow a hole in an old mine. He just has that itchy feeling that there’s still something in there. And he’s right. He hits the mother lode and instantly his fortunes change. At the same time, a stranger rides into town seeking, well we’re not sure what he’s seeking. His name is Cicero, he quotes Shakespeare and he’s a former slave with the scars to prove it. As so often happens in stories like these, the prospector is ambushed and killed and suspicion falls immediately on the stranger. Not bad. It’s a tale that has been told hundreds of times and will be told again countless other times. And all of the past and future versions were or will be better than this. Director Richard Gray took every story element and character and made sure that each individual, from…
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