"Die in a Gunfight" slick and flashy but all over the place with little to care about
Die in a Gunfight (2021) At its core, “Die in a Gunfight” is a love story. It’s not Shakespeare, but it does evoke “Romeo and Juliet,” with two people who can’t be together because of their longtime family feud. For all of director Collin Schiffli’s confidence behind the camera, there is little to no connection to the central couple. There’s such a focus on being edgy and cavalier that when the film asks the viewer to care about a shallow relationship (and see who actually dies in a gunfight), it starts to feel tonally all over the place. Meretricious and too cute by half, “Die in a Gunfight” is a case of feast and famine, expending so much style and energy on so little. The Montagues and Capulets had it good compared to the Gibbons and the Rathcarts, who have carried on a “blood feud” for generations. The disgraced son, Ben Gibbon (Diego Boneta) could never feel anything until he met and fell in love with Mary Rathcart (Alexandra Daddario), who’s also the black sheep of her family. Bu...