Cole Younger And The Black Train

GOOD ACTION PACKED WESTERN
Cody McCarver plays Cole Younger in this action packed western about the James Gang and the Pinkerton agency that stayed one step behind them until the end. You will learn some great historical information, as well as see some of the great shootouts.

THERE AIN'T BUT ONE BLACK TRAIN.
This is part of a series of bad westerns following in the footsteps of "A Cold Day in Hell," and "All Hell Broke Loose". Michael Madsen appears more on the cover than he does in the film. This is the story of Cole Younger (Cody McCarver) and how the Pinkerton agency tracked him down. The story comes from Frank James (Braxton Williams) telling the real story to a reporter Mr. Cummings (Nick Smith). The saga consists mostly of things Frank wouldn't know such as the inner workings of the Pinkerton Agency and their recruiting, but I was willing to give them that.

Like the other films, the camera has a hard time being on the face of the person doing the talking. The lines were delivered in stereotypical western monotone, even the women simply read lines. The black train was owned by Emmet Black (Jerry Chesser) who drove the train up and down any track at will. It appeared to have been a symbol for death or the Grim Reaper, although it was haphazardly integrated into the plot...

Not horrible
Well, I enjoyed it. In spite of all the negatives, was pretty good story line. The acting not so much, but was to be expected with only two actors in it. But I kinda like the fresh feel of no-names doing their best. The sound effects were terrible, the guns sounded like cap guns, I mean literally caps on black powder guns, and the guns all shot smoke like black powder guns too. Like I say, it was a pretty good story, fair acting, bad effects. But, given the lack of excellent to good movies from Amazon, it were a fair exchange of money. If you're bored & got the money, like westerns with a get together with your friends & make a movie feel, then by all means give it a shot. Pun intended pahdnah!

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