No Man’s Land (2019)

Chris Routhe is Rusty Childress, a well-off businessman headed to his next job, this time with his wife Daisy and son William along for the trip.

But bandits attack while he’s away from their carriage. He confronts the outlaws, but can’t keep them from killing his son and carrying off his wife.

He buries the son, then sets off in search of Daisy (Brooke Lyons) when he has an unexpected encounter with a pretty young knife-wielding Indian woman named Lotsee (Lorena Andrea).

She offers to help him in the search for his wife. For a price. He reluctantly accepts the assistance of this “savage.”

But his quest is complicated by the fact that Lotsee isn’t who she pretends to be and the fact that his wife isn’t where he expects to find her — in the town of Wellington with the Radcliff gang.

Chris Routhe as Rusty Childress in No Man’s Land (2019)

Lorena Andrea as Lotsee in No Man’s Land (2019)

Review:

Chris Routh and Lorena Andrea try valiantly and produce some charming and humorous scenes as an unlikely couple.

In one, Rusty and Lotsee escape from a preacher and his son by banging them over the head with hymnals.

But just when you’re settling in to enjoy an hour and a half of intentionally campy fun, the film turns serious and the plot starts coming apart at the seams.

And that makes the shoestring budget all the more noticeable. Complete with ghost sightings, poorly choreographed fight scenes and a wounded hero who seems not the least bit bothered by that bullet hole in his shoulder.

Brooke Lyons as Daisy Childress in No Man’s Land (2019)

Keaton Bradberry as William Childress in No Man’s Land (2019)

Directed by:
Micah Lyons

Cast:
Chris Routhe … Rusty Childress
Lorena Andrea … Lotsee
Brooke Lyons .. Daisy Childress
Carl Bailey … Lenny T. Radcliff
Keaton Bradberry … William Childress
Matt Williams … The Rev. Phillips
David Ford .. Billy
Randall Oliver … Simeon Radcliff
Raymond Tostado … Comanche war chief

Runtime: 80 min.

Carl Bailey as Lenny T. Radcliff in No Man’s Land (2019)

Randall Oliver as Simeon Radcliff in No Man’s Land (2019)

Memorable lines:

Daisy Childress, balking at yet another business trip for her husband: “Let’s just hope your family isn’t the next thing sacrificed on the alter of success.”

Rusty Childress: “Please don’t shoot. He’s my son.”
Bandit, pointing to a dead man: “He’s my brother.”

Lotsee: “Not good. Bullet is still inside.” She grabs her knife. “Must take out.”
Rusty Childress, struggling: “No, no, no. Although it wasn’t invited, this bullet has found a nice, warm little home. And I reckon it can stay there as long as it likes.”

Matt Williams as The Rev. Phillips in No Man’s Land (2019)

David Ford as Billy, the KKK leader, in No Man’s Land (2019)

Lotsee, asking for $100 to help find Rusty’s wife: “I saw your shoes. You have money.”

Lotsee, as she prepares to cut the bullet from Rusty: “Tell me your name.”
Rusty Childress: “Why?”
Lotsee: “In case you die. I can leave note.”

Rusty Childress: “Do you still see me as a coward?”
Lotsee: “Do you still see me as savage?”

Raymond Tostado as the Comanche war chief in No Man’s Land (2019)

Lorena Andrea as Lotsee meets Chris Routhe as Rusty Childress in No Man’s Land (2019)