52
Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- While the film has a deadly end, Lawman exchanges the typical good vs. evil narrative of Western films for one of moral ambiguity and humanity, and ultimately presents the question of whether murder can ever be justified.
- 60TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineA humorless Greek-tragedy western with little going for it save its inexorable momentum toward the obvious end.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertWinner should have told us a lot more about his lawman, or a lot less.
- A potent but curiously exasperating Western.
- 40Time OutTime OutWould-be thoughtful Western which ultimately resorts to killing and ketchup to make up for its lack of style and originality.