“Gunfight At Dry River” (** out of four) was a mostly lackluster Western set in 1888 along the U.S.-Mexican border in the title town which has been debilitated by a drought but the promise of gold brings hope and greed to its townsfolk (Michael Moriarty, Charlie Creed-Miles, Ann Mitchell, and others) which leads to a frontier battle. Lots of standoffs, saloon fights, and sunsets but it’s all very routine and covers all-too-familiar Western terrain. By this point, it might be time for the Western genre to ride off into the sunset.

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