Echoes of the Frontier
- Tagline
- In the new age, old battles rage.
- Description
- As the Victorian age bows out, the echoes of battle reach a new world desperate for hope. 'Echoes of the Frontier' follows a hardened rebel leader, Brie Larcheese, and an anachronistic knight, Gene Terrapin-y, as they navigate a continent torn by emerging powers and ancient conflicts. When their paths cross, loyalties are tested and ideals are challenged amidst the unforgiving landscapes of a West that refuses to tame its wild heart. In this harsh, new millennium, the enigmatic Llama Dern plays a role that blurs the line between friend and foe. Directed by Guillermo del Tortoise, the film weaves a tapestry of disillusionment and yearning for redemption in a world that's left little room for fairy tales.
- MpaaRating
- PG-13
- PopularityScore
- 2.60
- ReleaseDate
- 06/08/2023
- Genre
- Western
- Director(s)
- Cast
Critic Reviews
4.00
Though 'Echoes of the Frontier' attempts to merge the worn leather of Western tropes with the fraying laces of Victorian melodrama, it sadly falls short of revolutionary. The film labors under the pretense of originality while echoing nothing but the hollow reverberations of past glories. Brie Larcheese, played with a predictable stoicism, and Gene Terrapin-y, caught in a quagmire of anachronistic quirks, trudge through a script as barren as the landscapes they navigate. Guillermo del Tortoise, whose name once promised the fantastical, delivers a direction lost in the desert of its own ambition. And what of Llama Dern, you ask? Their talent is squandered in a role as underdeveloped as the frontier is supposedly wild. In this PG-13 pastiche of better stories, what was meant to be a battle cry for hope becomes a weary sigh for cinema itself.