Matt McCoy is Kanning, a cynical bounty killer who always gets his man. John Terlesky is Carver, a gunman who will hire out to just about anyone.
At one time, they were colleagues in the Texas Rangers. Then Carver massacred some innocent people; Kanning also took the blame and wound up spending two years in prison.
Years later, the two still hold a grudge, one that takes on new life when Carver kills a whore named Rachel, who happens to be the sister of Kanning’s lover Donnie (Kelley LeBrock).
Carver figured the killing would anger his old enemy. What he didn’t know is that Donnie and two fellow prostitutes — Jess (Rochelle Swanson) and Glory (Kimberly Kelley) — will mount up in an effort to track him down as well.
Kelly LeBrock as Donnie in Hard Bounty (1993)
Matt McCoy as Kanning in Hard Bounty (1995)
Review:
This low-budget cross between a Spaghetti Western and a sexploitation film falls flat when it’s time for action. Or if you stop to think about what’s motivating the characters.
Carver has a well-paying jobs acquiring mines at gunpoint for the Bartell Mining Co. One minute, he’s asking Kanning to join him. The next he’s risking it all by murdering a woman he thinks is Kanning’s fiancée?
Kanning, at that point, owns the bar where Rachel is working. But he refuses to help track down her killer, even though she’s the sister of the woman he’s in love with? And, of course, he winds up on the killer’s trail anyway because he wants to watch over Donnie as she and her friends seek revenge.
As for the Spaghetti connection, one song on the soundtrack is lifted directly from “Any Gun Can Play.” As for the sexploitation aspect, Swanson and Kelley (not LeBrock) make for two of the curvier cowgirls you’re likely to find, and the plot veers off course a couple of times to give them an excuse to disrobe.
LeBrock, a former model, made a film splash in 1985’s “Weird Science” and married Steven Seagal, with whom she had three children.
Rochelle Swanson as Jess in Hard Bounty (1995)
Kimberley Kelley as Glory in Hard Bounty (1995)
Directed by:
Jim Wynorski
Cast:
Matt McCoy … Kanning
Kelly LeBrock … Donnie
John Terlesky … Carver
Kimberly Kelley … Glory
Rochelle Swanson … Jess
Felicity Waterman … Rachel
Jay Richardson … Bartell
Ross Hagen … Sheriff
Runtime: 88 min.
Jay Richardson as Bartell in Hard Bounty (1995)
John Terlesky as Carver in Hard Bounty (1995)
Memorable lines:
McCoy, contemplating retirement: “I don’t know, Donnie. Got a lot of parts on me ain’t workin’ like they used to.”
Donnie, cuddling close: “I don’t know. The only part I’m interested in seems to be working just fine.”
McCoy: “If he wasn’t guilty, I wouldn’t have brought him in.”
Donnie: “You ever been wrong.”
McCoy: “Well, if I was, I don’t wanna know about it.”
McCoy, to a wanted man tempted to reach for his gun: “Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. I don’t like to shoot anybody, especially so early in the morning.”
McCoy, to a young customer looking to lose his virginity on his birthday: “Go ahead, son. They ain’t gonna bite you. You have to pay extra for that.”
McCoy, to Donnie, as she prepares to ride off after her sister’s killer: “Donnie, you can’t do this.”
Donnie: “There are only two things I can’t do – make love to a woman and piss up a wall. And right now, there’s only one of those I regret not being able to do.”
Mat McCoy as Kanning in Hard Bounty (1995)
Kelly LeBrock as Donnie in Hard Bounty (1995)
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