The Decoy

2006 "In His Silence Lies the Truth"
3.6| 1h49m| en
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A deputy must escort a longtime friend to be hanged for the crime of murdering his wife's parents. Along the way he discovers the startling truth about the murders, and is forced to face the real danger.

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Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie
Executscan Expected more
Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.
Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
balibruce Never see a movie where the same person is the writer/director/producer/star/stunt man/editor! Well Justin Kreinbrink, who became famous (and I guess rich) handles all 6 positions poorly. But, having said that, it's worth a watch just for the ridiculousness of the story! My favorite part and the funniest is when the 'bad guys' are waiting to ambush the sheriff and his prisoner. The camera pans to them. Are they hiding behind some logs or trees as they shoot? NO, they're SITTING on a log. Yes, sitting. Anyway, if you can see the movie for free or for $1, it's worth it. (Maybe being a little stoned will help).
neketa0824 This movie rivals "Plan 9" as one of the dumbest movie ever made. Always be concerned when the same person is the:1. Star 2. Director 3. Producer 4. Writer 5. Stuntman, and 6. Editor. Unfortunately, Justin Kreinbrink did all 6 jobs! IMDb shows that he and his father were western 'stunt men'. So maybe that was the problem. Here's just ONE example from the film: in the film the sheriff has to take a witness to another town for protection. Of course, the bad guys find out and are waiting for them. But, what happens? The good guys are riding along and a shot rings out and hits a tree near them. When the camera shows us the bad guys they're all just sitting on a log, chatting. What's wrong with this picture!I could go on. Perhaps this film was meant as a comedy. If so, it didn't do that well either.
wis17 We rented the DVD hoping for a good western. The film was pretty and the scenes reasonable, but the ideas were very bad. Here are my problems with the film.In the first part, why exactly did the bad guy kill the mine owner? Not really connected to the movie except to establish how bad he was and to have a hideout.The bank employee gone bad just acts too poorly to convincingly decide to hire killers to off his employers. At least keep us guessing. No character developed at all for the bank owners or the bank employee.Very long delay in much of anything happening.Absurd premise that Martin still needed to see the judge after the gang confessed to killing the in-laws. Even more absurd that he confesses to judge and judge will not listen to the sheriff guy. even more ridiculous that Martin his hung and rope breaks then the sheriff takes him at gunpoint to finally head back to his town and save his wife from the bad bank employee. Wouldn't he just return after the quick dispatch of the gang to save wife and arrest bad bank guy? Just send the judge a note that gang confessed before being killed on trail????!!! Overall, very sad acting and no point to movie.
zblank I don't normally review movies but after reading the previous review I felt I owed it to the makers of this film.I saw this movie on opening weekend at the fox theater. I'm not an avid Western watcher, but an avid movie watcher and a fan of the theater going experience. I can't say this is the best movie I've ever seen, but I could have told u that before buying the tickets. I knew I was going to see a first effort. In my opinion after viewing the film, I can say they are on the start of a very promising career. I can't comment on budgets, film stock, or over promotion. (I saw one poster at a local rental store). I can just comment on what I liked.I will agree completely with the first review (tim). The film has first attempt written all over it...because it was a first attempt. With that in mind you have to look over that and review it more broadly. Over all the only problem I had with this film is that it kinda dragged in the beginning, getting the story started. I agree with Tim that more time should have been spent on the journey. My favorite part of this film was the scenery. Being a resident of Southern Arizona I felt that they captured the look and feel of the beautiful southern Arizona desert, and the different landscapes that it has. Overall I was happy with the movie I saw and would recommend it to any resident of the desert or fan of good ol' western.