We have all heard about the Hatfields and McCoys and the Gunfight at the OK corral. So how do we not know about the deadliest blood feud in American History?! The Pleasant Valley War lasted nearly 10 years and best estimates are that nearly 50 people perished....yet the story has come close to being lost from history.

John Marrs and Travis Mills have written and produced a film that works to rectify this oversite. Part documentary/ part drama, PVW is a powerful telling of best friends turned deadly enemies. Though complex, the story moves quickly and is easy to follow and strong acting in main roles brings the men to life.

This is a very nice addition to Travis Mills' collection of work!

Truly one of the worst things I've ever seen. So bad I couldn't turn it off - I had to see it all the way through. None of these guys should ever appear in front of a camera. Ever. Not as an "actor" or as a "historian" explaining something. My wife laughed harder than I've ever witnessed when they had a "shootout" with cars driving by, air conditioning unit in the background, modern chain link fences...and these guys are running around all of this with their old timey outfits and wigs. They took a fascinating story and made it almost incomprehensible. The most interesting parts were mentioned in passing or explained in a roundabout way that sucked all of the life out of the story. Just shockingly bad.

If this is the current state of makin westerns in America, I'm going to have to go back to reading books. The story itself may (or may not) be true. Even the filmmakers say they don't really know what the truth is.

But this much is true. They don't know squat about making movies, either. The "actors" (if they can really be called that) are uninspired and unconvincing as either lawmen or outlaws. Just a bunch of Commiefornia wannabes playing dress up and slowly reading lines off a teleprompter. I guess if that's good enough for the White House these days, why not?

But the freeway noises and pictures of a modern chain link fence in the background of the Owens-Blevins shootout was laughable. These guys didn't even try. They just fooled around for nine days spending the money any investors in this production paid them compiling a piece of unwatchable garbage. Sure glad it wasn't any of my money!

It may not deserve a one star ranking. But sure as God made little green apples, it doesn't deserve anything better than a 3. I'm just giving out a 1 because of all the 9's and 10's which were probably posted by relatives of the "actors" who don't want their loved ones' feelings to be hurt too much.

Absolute rubbish!