Hannah Beaumont was hiding in the loft of her family’s barn, avoiding chores when the Frank McMurphy gang rode up demanding horses in 1866.
Her father refused. So McMurphy and his gang gunned down her mother, father and brother and took what they wanted.
Flash forward 12 years, and Hannah (Sara Canning) has become a bounty hunter, the perfect profession to get the revenge she’s looking for.
And she’s set up home base in Abilene, figuring all bad men will travel through sooner of later, McMurphy and his men included.
The ploy is working. She’s tracked down and captured two or three members of the old McMurphy gang.
But he catches wind of the bounty gal with a score to settle and heads to Abilene with his new gang, looking to eliminate this pest.
So 10 strong, they ride toward a showdown. And Hannah might have to face them alone.
A businessman named Lockwood wants Abilene to retain its reputation for wickedness, so he orders her friends (deputy mashal Wyatt Earp and shotgun-bearing Stagecoach Mary) out of town just as Frank and his men are arriving.
Another of Hannah’s friends, Doc Holliday, declines to get involved, figuring his help might merely keep his one-time lover from doing what she should — flee.
Sara Canning as Hannah Beaumont, the bounty hunter who prefers to bring them back alive in Hannah’s Law (2012)
Greyson Holt as Wyatt Earp, the deputy who has taken a shine to a bounty hunter named Hannah in Hannah’s Law (2012)
Review:
The good: Vampire Diaries graduate Sara Canning does a decent job in the lead role. We get guest appearances from Daniel Glover and from Billy Zane of Titanic fame. And with a $5 million budget, this looks a whole lot better than oh-so-many 21st century Westerns.
The bad: The script is just a touch too much. Hannah is the angel of bounty killers, refusing to bring them back dead and turning over all the money she earns to an orphanage.
She really doesn’t have time for men or dwell on anything but her quest for revenge, yet to goes on a date with Wyatt and winds up in bed with Doc on the same night.
But the two strangest characters are Lockwood, played by Zane, and Zechariah Stitch. The latter is a bounty hunter dispatched by McMurphy to track down the man who raised Hannah to lure her out of hiding (though she really hasn’t been) so that he can tell her the McMurphy gang is on the way. Why? So she can be better prepared? You’ll have to watch til the end for Lockwood’s irrational behavior.
Bottom line: You will not rank this with the better female gunfighter flicks, i.e. “The Quick and the Dead.” Or even “Hannie Caulder.” But it’s also better than many of the new low-budget Westerns you’ll find on store shelves.
Oh, and for better or worse, the ending sets us up for a sequel.
Ryan Kennedy as Doc Holliday, leaving Dodge City for Tombstone in Hannah’s Law (2012)
Kimberly Elise as Stagecoach Mary, trying to convince Hannah to accept a date with Wyatt in Hannah’s Law (2012)
Directed by:
Rachel Talaly
Cast:
Sara Canning … Hannah Beaumont
John Pyper-Ferguson … Frank McMurphy
Greyson Holt … Wyatt Earp
Ryan Kennedy … Doc Holliday
Billy Zane … Lockwood
Kimberly Elise … Stagecoach Mary
Danny Glover … Isom Dart
John Fasano … Marshal Deger
Brenden Fletcher … Zechariah Stitch
Cameron Bancroft … James Beaumount
Julian Black Antelope … Redwing
Tom Carey … Hacker
Diego Diable Del Mar … Pineda
Lucy Harvey … Elizabeth
Brenden Hunter … Loring Stewart
Runtime: 88 min.
John Pyper-Ferguson as Frank McMurphy, the outlaw leader Hannah wants to bring to justice in Hannah’s Law (2012)
Billy Zane as Lockwood, the man McMurphy rustles cattle for in Hannah’s Law (2012)
Memorable lines:
Gambler: “What are you calling me?”
Doc Holliday: “Nothing yet. I’m trying to formulate — that is, put together — a sentence with words you might understand.”
Frank: “West needs beef.”
Stitch, noticing how Frank’s men are switching brands on cattle: “Anyone’s beef?”
Frank: “Nobody cares once it’s on their plate.”
Isom Dart: “Take one piece of advice from me. Ride out of here.”
Hannah: “And go where?”
Isom: “Alaska. Seriously. Come with me. Yukon Territory is beautiful.”
Hannah: “And freeze my ass off.”
Isom: “To start a new life. They got bad guys up in Alaska, too, you know.”
Hannah: “Not the ones I’m looking for.”
Stagecoach Mary: “I’ve been trying to stir up men to help. But I’m afraid this town is populated with nothing but geldings.”
Danny Glove as Isom Dart, the man who raised Hannah aftr the death of her parents in Hannah’s Law (2012)
Brenden Fletcher as Zechariah Stitch, a bounty hunter allied with McMurphy in Hannah’s Law (2012)
John Fasano as Marshal Deger, the do-little lawman in Dodge City in Hannah’s Law (2012)
Sara Canning as Hannah Beaumont, about to bring in another of the men who killed her parents in Hannah’s Law (2012)
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