“Death In Texas” (**1/2 out of four) was an occasionally stirring melodrama about an ex-con (Ronnie Gene Blevins) just released from prison who returns home to Texas to find his mother (Lara Flynn Boyle) dying of liver failure. Since she is low on the transplant list and they are low on resources, he eventually returns to crime on the other side of the border while an elderly mob enforcer (Bruce Dern), a determined cop (John Ashton), and a mysterious figure (Stephen Lang) from the past all emerge. Leisurely story never quite soars but holds you in its grip thanks to a strong cast (with its first notable roles in years for both Ashton and Boyle) and good location photography from Jonathan Hall.