big_country769 I wished this movie would come out on DVD. I was one of the vol. firefighters at one of the shoots they did when they burned the house down. There are a few others I hung out at by my house. The n I saw the movie. I couldn't believe how the greatness of all the actors. It gave the creeps of my small town and the others surrounding me. If you look in the scene, when they are being followed by the law. You can see me and a friend of mine walking in the back ground behind the cruiser. I guess it fit with the scene of two carious people seeing who the law is following. If not. I guess they would have said cut and chased us out of the way.

gunrunner Chris thought the plot was weak, I'm a Law Enforcement Officer in Northwest Missouri, the story is all too real! Here is a short review from the book of the same title. This movie/book was based on a REAL crime that occurred in Skidmore, MO in 1981.From Publishers Weekly - Ken Rex McElroy terrorized the residents of several counties in northwestern Missouri for a score of years. He raped young girls and brutalized them after they went to live with him or even married him; he shot at least two men; he stole cattle and hogs, and burned down the houses of some who interfered with his criminal activities. Thanks to the expert efforts of his lawyer and the pro-defendant bias of state laws, he served no more than a few days in jail, the author shows. In 1981, sentenced for the shooting of a popular grocer and free on bail, he was killed by the men of Skidmore, the center of his felonies; they closed ranks against all attempts to identify those who had pulled the triggers. Written by a first-time author, this is an engrossing, credible examination of the way vigilante action can take over when the law appears to be powerless.BOMC and QPBC alternates. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

crashdavis79 Well I would like to comment on Chris's comment about this movie was dismal and the plot was shallow. How can something that happened in REAL life be shallow and dismal. How do I know this actually happened? I used to live in a small town next to the town in which this event took place and friends of my family and some of my family had run-ins with the guy in which Brian Dennehy portrayed. As for the movie I thought it was very good. Brian Dennehy played the part perfectly and I also thought the plot told a pretty accurate story of how this family tormented the people in that small community . And to this day those people have not said a word about what happened that day. Now that is justice

Chris Quigley Brian Dennehey stars in this cheap tv drama effort which is one of the poorest I have seen. The plot is so shallow and there is no twists in the tale to make this story in any way enjoyable to watch. You wonder what the point was in making such a routine drama. Dennehey's acting talents could and should have been exploited further. Being miscast doesn't help either. For a better Dennehey experience watch First Blood.