Desperate Riders

Desperate Riders

The Western Lore

Directed by Michael Feifer

Produced by Lionsgate, Grindstone Entertainment Group

202290 min5.7 / 10

A straightforward Western action-adventure built on rescue and redemption, with gunplay and a love triangle driving the plot forward.

After Kansas Red rescues young Billy from a card-game shootout, the boy asks Red for help protecting his family from the outlaw Thorn, who’s just kidnapped Billy’s mother, Carol. As Red and Billy ride off to rescue Carol, they run into beautiful, tough-as-nails Leslie, who’s managed to escape Thorn’s men. The three race to stop Thorn’s wedding to Carol with guns a-blazing - but does she want to be rescued?

Questions people ask

  • Is Desperate Riders violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Is Desperate Riders sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.

  • Is Desperate Riders scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

  • Does Desperate Riders end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Desperate Riders easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

30/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

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Rarity59

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise26

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love13

How much audiences actually like it

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