“Wild Bill Hickok: Swift Justice” (* out of four) was an inept biographical Western about the famous gunslinger legend Wild Bill Hickok (Bill O’Reilly) and how he has to protect his town when it comes under attack by a group of gamblers and thugs. Lackluster writing and direction and cheap production sink this all the way. I wasn’t a big fan of Walter Hill’s 1995 action biography “Wild Bill” but it looks like Sam Peckinpah compared to this junior-high school production. O’Reilly’s meek presence and plain demeanor don’t exactly showcase Bill’s rough-and-tumble side and he should have been swiftly re-cast.

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