“Galveston” (*1/2 out of four) was a distant, sluggish melodrama about a dying hitman (Ben Foster) who pairs up with a prostitute (Elle Fanning) with numerous problems of her own and returns to his hometown of Galveston where he plans on revenge as he realizes his final days in life are coming to an end. Foster’s one-note performance and unpleasant character make this awfully hard to take and it takes an awfully long time for this to meander to its predictable conclusion. One scene in which Foster and Manning dance to “Fire On The Mountain” at a bar is the only moving scene in the film. Based on a novel from Nic Pizzolatto who wrote “True Detective” which had more tension and electricity in virtually one scene than this has in its entire running time.