![]() I’d tell myself, ‘OK, you’ve got to stay in character, you’ve got to stay in it.’ But… ![]() I’d be sitting there, and there were a couple of times when we’d be in the middle of a scene, shooting, and I have to say: I caught myself being an audience, and just watching him. Scott Martin admitted to us in 2018 that he often found it difficult to maintain a straight face while acting opposite Phillips during on-location filming in New Mexico: “Every one of these line reads he came out with, he did them with such fun and this, like, twinkle in his eye. A good thing, too, because Jim needs all the help he can get when, after arriving in Big Kill with his new buddies, he discovers the town is controlled by The Preacher (Jason Patric), a soft-spoken sociopath who solemnly delivers last rites to his victims, and Johnny Kane (Phillips), who takes unseemly delight in doing the Preacher’s dirty work. Along the way, he makes the acquaintance of two roguish gamblers - Jake Logan (Martin) and Travis Parker (Clint Hummel) - who, truth to tell, are much more adept at drawing guns than dealing cards. ![]() The movie, written and directed by costar Scott Martin, tells the story of Philadelphia accountant turned Wild West tenderfoot Jim Andrews (Christoph Sanders), who travels to the Arizona mining town of Big Kill to reunite with his brother, owner of a local saloon. And be on the lookout for our May/June 2020 print edition, which features our list of the Top 21 Westerns of the 21st Century - and a cover-story profile of the great Robert Duvall.Ĭ&I reader favorite Lou Diamond Phillips was fresh from his multi-season run as Henry Standing Bear on Longmire when he managed to steal every scene that wasn’t bolted to the floor with his gleefully fearsome performance as manic gunslinger Johnny Kane in Big Kill, a hugely entertaining and unabashedly old-fashioned western now available for streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime, iTunes, You Tube and other platforms. Check the Entertainment tab three times a week to see a different recommendation by C&I senior writer Joe Leydon. Lou Diamond Phillips looms large in writer-director Scott Martin’s 2018 western.Įditor's Note: Throughout May, we’re continuing to celebrate Great Westerns of the 21st century - noteworthy movies and TV series with special appeal to C&I readers that have premiered since 2001.
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