I had high hopes going into this film because I really enjoyed the writer/director’s earlier work, “Any Bullet Will Do,” and wanted to see if his talent was consistent. It looks like it is. While I still prefer that previous movie—mainly because of its Montana setting and the character Jenny Curtis—this one has its own merits. It feels more somber than “Any Bullet Will Do”; it wasn’t a comedy, but there were momen…

It seems director Justin Lee was likely trying to create a self-aware western, and A Tale of Two Guns—a title that probably sounded good when it was conceived but doesn’t quite fit the story—certainly acknowledges itself, maybe even excessively so; there's a scene set in what is labeled as a “club” (though the sign outside calls it a saloon) accompanied by Scott Joplin’s "The Entertainer." There’s also considerabl…