Good concept, poorly executed.

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Cowboys: High Noon (1991) ** 1/2 (out of 4) The final entry in Phil Mulloy's "Cowboys" series hits back with yet another message and this one here attacks Christians who feel it is their "duty" to kill. What we basically have here is a take off on countless Westerns where two sides go up against each other while countless others sit back and watch while praying that the bad dies. I'm sure many people would watch this film and be offended by its message but your mile will vary depending on how you take it and obviously what your beliefs are. Overall I found this to be a decent entry in the series, which is better than the previous film (MURDER!) but not nearly as good as some of the earlier, raunchy ones. The animation was just like the previous films in regards to the crudeness but this isn't a negative thing. The style of the animation actually builds up some good atmosphere and especially some of the shots of the bad guy looking tall and menacing.

Tonight, I watched many of the Cowboys shorts by Phil Mulloy. They are all very similar in that they feature black painted animation and it's very, very, very simple and not particularly attractive and lacks fluidity. Perhaps it was meant to look this way deliberately, but technically speaking this wasn't exactly a pretty film.This film is a commentary about the acceptability of violence in society and Western films. The entire short consists of people with blood-lust trying to kill--shootouts and other violence as entertainment. At the same time, many of these characters are "good Christians" who pray and feel they are doing God's work in behaving so savagely. While far from a subtle message and possibly offensive towards Christianity (depending on how you take it), it did drive its point home well.By the way, this film is very similar to Phil Mulloy's "Cowboys: Murder".