We found it a bit slow and hard to stay interested in. It felt the scenes were going in circles. Boring to only look at the small jail set most is the time. It might've been better if they showed some of the events that got them to Liberty jail and help people appreciate the injustices the Saints suffered. Sam Tillery was cast better than them all.

It's 1839. In the small town of Liberty, Missouri, Joseph Smith and several of his Saints are in the jail. They've fled Illinois to escape the mobs. Now in Missouri, there are lynch mobs being held off as they await trial for.... well, it's not clear. The judge, and even the governor, we are told, know they're innocent of whatever it is, but fear *cough* *cough* public opinion. Sheriff Jasen Wade is in charge of getting them to the trial, getting them back to jail, and standing guard over them at all times.

It's a talk festival, with cinematographer Jeremy Prusso keeping the camera moving and editor Connor O'Malley keeping the clips short in order to maintain visual interest. The night scenes are the most interesting, men standing in front of a black background, almost stage-like. This being a western, Wade keeps his delivery short and clipped, with sentences to match. More of interest as a retelling of history and law than what you might expect from a western, I enjoyed it but consider that more a matter of personal quirks than of actually interesting film making.

What a lawyer... That is unlikely.

This guy is a general?!

He's a confident man to let them all up at once. And reading a book too.

Pull himself together? With what? Iron will and dirty socks for medicine?

Good ole urine bucket humor.

They should have worked this out before hand instead of looking suspicious taking so long.

A nice comfortable log pillow.

He doesn't need to tell them to "here, take it". They've got nothing else to do.

No water for everyone?

I'll give him "don't tell anyone I was here".

That's a bold thing to say.

They've gotten pretty far.

This movie is too slow paced.

I don't think that was a particularly amazing oration, but it was heartfelt.