Billy the Kid: Showdown in Lincoln County (2017)

Christopher Bowman is William Bonney, who fights off a gang of bounty hunters with fellow gunfighter John Mackie.

But the experience leaves him wanting to slip into anonimity, so he heads north into the mountains to do just that.

Spring comes and his spirits lift, so he decides to take one last ride back home.

He’s reunited with a father (Cody McCarver as Leon Copper) he thought was dead.

And together they head to Lincoln County for a showdown with Brigham Landon, a man out for their hides as well because one of them killed his nephew.

They’re riding smack dab into a hornet’s nest. Landon is trying to control everything in Lincoln and is upset that a rancher named Tunstall has opened a store where he sells goods for a cheaper price.

He has Tunstall killed, setting the stage for a showdown in Lincoln between two gangs of gunmen.

Christopher Bowman as William Bonney, about to dispense two-fisted justice in Billy the Kid, Showdown in Lincoln County (2017)

Jerry Chesser as Brigham Landon, talking to business rival John Turnstall in Billy the Kid, Showdown in Lincoln County (2017)

Review:

The poorly choreographed opening gunfight sends a clear warning that viewers are about to embark on a bumpy ride down a low-budget Western trail.

On that count, the rest of the film doesn’t disappoint. The script jumps all over the place with no rhyme or reasons. Characters appear and disappear with no logical reason for being part of the film.

Speaking of disappearing, director Christopher Forbes plays a Bible-toting character who calls himself Preacher and comes and goes like a ghost.

Following the big gunfight, he also runs around visiting the dead and — I kid you not — stuffing pages from his Bible into their mouths, then shouting toward Heaven.

Until one victim turns out not to be dead and scares him off.

As he treats the wounded, the town doctor mutters: “What a waste.”

If you pay a penny to watch this crap, guaranteed you’ll find yourself muttering the same thing.

Cody McCarver as Leon Copper, Billy’s father, healing from a wound suffered in a gunfight in Billy the Kid, Showdown in Lincoln County (2017)

Jezibell Anat as One-Eyed Lilly, vowing to buy out Landon’s share of the saloon in Billy the Kid, Showdown in Lincoln County (2017)

Directed by:
Christopher Forbes

Cast:
Jerry Chesser … Brigham Landon
Cody McCarver … Leon Copper
Christopher Bowman … William Bonney
Jezibell Anat … One-Eyed Lilly
William Adams … Watson Smith
Scotty Sparks … Richard Warren
Clarene Bernard Nalley … Ekron
William Wylie … Doc Wylie
Melvin Stewart … Cricket
Joseph Zuchowski … John Turnstall
Carlo Martini… Carlo Polermi
Tarynn Stineman … Suzanna
Minxy Monroe … Emma
John Rutledge … John R. Mackie
Charlie Glotzbach … Charlie
Johanna Fredrickson … Patricia

Runtime: 80 min.

Joseph Zuchowski as John Turnstall, confronted by strangers on his walk home in Billy the Kid, Showdown in Lincoln County (2017)

William Adams as Watson Smith, leader of a gang determined to collect Billy’s bounty in Billy the Kid, Showdown in Lincoln County (2017)

Memorable lines:

Watson Smith, leading the posse seeking Billy the Kid: “Alright, Mackie, where’s the outlaw?”
Mackie: “Gentlemen, we’re all outlaws.”

Langdon, sitting in a saloon: “Damn, ain’t there any women around here who can cook?”

Leon Cooper: “Are you he owner of One-Eye Lilly’s?”
Lilly: “Well, let’s see. My name’s Lilly. And I ain’t got but one eye.”

The Preacher: “I have knowledge of the future. I don’t eat. I barely sleep. Sometimes, I find myself face down in the dirt, suffocating, covered with maggots.”
Landon, sitting across a table from him, doesn’t bat an eye..

Watson Smith as his men gun down Tunstall: “I’ve killed a lot of men in my times. I’ve seen ’em beg. I’ve seen ’em cry. I’ve seen ’em pray. I ain’t never seen one sing.”

Johanna Frederickson as Patricia, out to get Billy for causing the gunfight that killed her daddy in Billy the Kid, Showdown in Lincoln County (2017)

Tarynn Stineman as Suzanna, forced to work in the saloon because she’s one of 17 children in Billy the Kid, Showdown in Lincoln County (2017)

Minxy Monroe as Emma, assuring the new girl saloon work is easier than ranch work in Billy the Kid, Showdown in Lincoln County (2017)

Christopher Forbes as the Preacher, the man who stuff Bible pages into the mouths of the dead in Billy the Kid, Showdown in Lincoln County (2017)