Apache Junction
Apache Junction is an outpost of lawlessness, a haven for thieves and cold-blooded killers. After big-city reporter Annabelle Angel arrives to write an article on the town, she becomes a target when notorious gunslinger Jericho Ford comes to her aid. Now Annabelle must entrust her future to a man with a deadly past, as Jericho heads toward a tense showdown.
- Released: 2021-09-24
- Runtime: 94 minutes
- Genre: Action, Western
- Stars: Stuart Townsend, Scout Taylor-Compton, Trace Adkins, Thomas Jane, Ed Morrone, Victoria Pratt, Edward Finlay, Danielle Gross, Phil Burke, Wanna Choy, J. Nathan Simmons, Luella Hill, Josh Folan
- Director: Justin Lee
Comments
- traceytak - 15 May 2022
Western with modern day characteristics
It's not authentic. The women characters have modern day hair styles, highlights etc and the make up would not be available in that day. I sat watching it thinking how unlikely the characters looked for that era. It totally distracts from the slow paced film. - paul_haakonsen - 10 October 2021
Somewhat slow paced and uneventful...
Western movies have never really been my go-to type of movies, although every now and again I will sit down to watch one. And as I had the opportunity to sit down and watch Justin Lee's 2021 Western titled "Apache Junction", I did so, mostly because I saw that the movie had Thomas Jane on the cast list.
I will say that the storyline told in "Apache Junction" is pretty straight forward and easy to follow. However, it was so simplistic that it was sort of bordering on being a bit boring actually. Nothing much really happened throughout the course of the movie, so it was somewhat of an ordeal to sit through "Apache Junction" in all its entire run time.
The atmosphere in "Apache Junction" was good, and it definitely felt like you were there in a gritty frontier town back in day. And that particular atmosphere was adding a lot to the movie. Just a shame that the storyline itself was so mundane and rather uneventful.
Of all the actors and actresses on the cast list in "Apache Junction" then I was only familiar with Thomas Jane and Stuart Townsend. However, I will say that they definitely had put together a nice group of actors and actresses to portray the characters in the movie, and the performers did good jobs. Just a shame that they were somewhat hindered by an inferior script.
"Apache Junction" doesn't really have that archetypical Western feel to it, which was a shame, because it could have brightened up the movie in a much needed way.
While "Apache Junction" is watchable, it was hardly an outstanding Western movie, nor a particularly memorable one. And I actually doubt that I will ever return to watch "Apache Junction" a second time.
My rating of "Apache Junction" lands on a generous four out of ten stars.
