Film Review – Die in a Gunfight

Two years ago, director Collin Schiffli made a positive impression with his work on “All Creatures Here Below,” creating a world of cruelty and grittiness that felt authentic, putting in the time to establish characters and the world around them. He’s after something far glossier with “Die in a Gunfight,” which has the unfortunate mission of trying to update “Romeo and Juliet,” endeavoring to reignite an oft-told tale. Screenwriters Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari (“Ant-Man and the Wasp”) handle the family drama and the power of love, but there’s not a vision in play, with the production trying to mirror a Baz Luhrmann-like approach when the helmer already made his mark on the William Shakespeare tragedy. “Die in a Gunfight” hopes to put on a grand display of showy acting and bursts of violence, but it’s mostly an uninspired drag, and perhaps the first “Romeo and Juliet” adaptation where viewers will side with the exasperated parental characters. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com