Product Details

• Actors: John Doman, Jim Gaffigan, Jeff Hephner, Tamara Hope, Richard Tyson
• Directors: Lance Doty
• Writers: Lance Doty
• Producers: Lance Doty, Amy Gossels, Luca Ceccarelli, Sam Welch
• Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Lions Gate
• DVD Release Date: February 9, 2010
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002XUBE00
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #124,490 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Shoot First and Pray You Live" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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SHOOT FIRST AND PRAY YOU LIVE - DVD Movie

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Actually, a great Indie Film, February 10, 2010

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Warren Buttons "Warren" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shoot First and Pray You Live (DVD)

If you're expecting John Wayne to limp around an over-lit Saloon, this is not the film for you. If you're a fan of the spaghetti westerns, you'll love it. Great acting, cinematography, music and script. I have to watch it again to catch all the nuances. Reminded me of a Tarantino film.

1.0 out of 5 stars I'm going to return my copy today!, January 14, 2011

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Great Caesar's Ghost (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shoot First and Pray You Live (DVD)

An ambitious undertaking for an indie. Unfortunately, it really winds up looking like an exercise in duplicating well-worn filmmaking techniques and trying to do what Tarantino has done, just "to see if I can." It even has title cards and an animated sequence a la KILL BILL. Overly red blood that splatters and sprays, villains with manically waggling eyebrows, ho hum.

It's a horrible script. The dialogue is an opportunity for characters to talk--it doesn't move to story along. The characters talk like they want to say something cool rather than just say something. The actors come off as unsure of their physical movement--unintentionally awkward and clunky. They're not (all) bad actors, it just looks like they've had poor direction. There's a whole lot of over-reacting and tons of distracting, fidgety 'business.'

All that said, it is a good looking film. Many shots look great. It's just not a great story.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting case for this movie, April 12, 2010

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Olaf Johnson (Anchorage, AK 99505) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shoot First and Pray You Live (DVD)

Very interesting movie. The only thing better than watching the movie was reading the divided reviews about it. Like ALL the negative reviewers I agree that going into this with stiff expectations for getting what you want out of a western or Tarantino-rip off then you will be immediately dissappointed. This movie is not a western, nor is it a Tarantino-B-Movie, it dresses up like both genres but it doesn't represent neither of them as it creates its own experience. That said, after watching this flick twice (yes, you may have to watch it again) I am certain that I have absolutely no idea of the original direction of this movie or what the producers/directors were agreeing on as this went into production. Im also fairly certain that the end result was not the orginal idea. If it was then these guys are pure geniuses on the Sergio Leonne level in terms of breaking down a genre, actually two genres, and building up something totally new and different from the scraps. This is not a movie for everyone and like most people I went into this just wanting to see a B western movie (as the title and previews hint towards). What I saw initially disgusted me as I had to think about what I was watching and suspend my urges to be thrilled by another formulaic revenge plot western. This movie is NOT formulaic in anyway. It genuinely and secretly breaks the mold without promising to, without advertising itself as a great movie. I can see the average movie goer giving this 1 star or walking out in the first 10 minutes. Yes the movie pretends to be cheesy with a hillbilly voice over narration and Tarantino-like blood gushes but that is just costume jewelry disguising something that is many carats of bling. I gave this movie 5 stars for originality alone and its ability to be cheesy and potentially empty and formualic but making me want to watch it. Looking forward to part 2 of this flick and whatever else this Production/Directorial team is doing next.