Story of inter-family and inter-racial relations in a Texas Border town. In the main story, a Sheriff searches for the truth about his father and a 40 year old Murder. Uneven and sluggish. I found the murder mystery and flashbacks with Kris Kristofferson very good, but the rest of the subplots bored me.
Sayles is unable to write convincing Black or Hispanic characters. His nonwhite characters are either stereotypes or culturally white. And the romance with the Sheriff and his former high school girlfriend was dull. Further, he overdoes the evil 1950's White Sheriff bit. I doubt even in Texas, that a Sheriff could kill 12 Mexicans/Blacks for "resisting arrest" without someone noticing. The acting is well done, the problem is the script. Rating **1/2
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