Everything about this movie is lame. From the lame men who are never ready but should be for blood thirsty animals. To the use of coins from the 1970's to present. How do you use Lincoln Pennies, Roosevelt dimes and Jefferson nickels while gambling during the late 1880s? How hard is it to use fake coins from the era. Unfortunately, I started to watch it and got too far to stop. But it is a tough movie to watch.

I disagree with the other reviewer comparing 6 Guns to True Grit. I don't see much similarity. But this movie 6 Guns has more or less the same plot as Hannie Caulder (1971) differing only in some details that make me like the older movie more. If you do not want to hear 1970s theme music then I guess you have a newer alternative, but it was already an 1800s western period piece in 1971 and I do not feel like we gained much from a newer remake with a low budget.Comparisons: In both movies outlaws kill a woman's family and rape her. She asks a bounty hunter to teach her to shoot and seeks revenge.Bounty Hunter: Barry Van Dyke does an okay job in 6 Guns playing the bounty hunter, but Robert Culp's bounty hunter in Hannie Caulder was more interesting and believable. Van Dyke's portrayal seemed too good natured to me, more like a religious monk/crusader than a guy who kills for pay. I preferred Culp's portrayal.Widow: Both films have an attractive leading lady giving an okay but not great performance as the vengeful widow. Outlaws: Borgnine, Elam and Martin are excellent in Hannie Caulder ranging from scary rapists and murderers to comic bungling robbers. The best performance I saw in 6 Guns was from Geoff Meed who seemed believably formidable and bad natured to me as the leader of the outlaws. Other supporting characters: In 6 Guns these were okay and nothing stand out. Supporting roles in Hannie Caulder were generally well acted and Christopher Lee playing a gunsmith character was very good.Set: 6 Guns seemed a bit claustrophobic to me with a limited number of sets / interiors. Hannie Caulder has expansive exterior location shots and more sets used.If you are interested in 6 Guns I suggest you watch Hannie Caulder (1971)

RELEASED TO VIDEO IN 2010 directed by Shane Van Dyke (Dick's grandson), "6 Guns" stars Barry Van Dyke (Dick's son) in a Shane-like role. The plot is pretty typical for Westerns: A band of outlaws murder & rape a family, but the wife (Sage Mears) survives and, after overcoming her disillusionment, wants justice. She eventually enlists the services of a taciturn bounty hunter (Barry Van Dyke) to teach her how to shoot. Meanwhile the outlaws are on the prowl."6 Guns" is a quasi-remake of Raquel Welch's "Hannie Caulder" from almost forty years prior, but lacks that one's comical edge. There are some obvious elements of other Westerns, like "The Bravados" (1958) and "Pale Rider" (1985), but what else is new? Barry is notable as the laconic bounty hunter as he fits the role of the rugged loner to a 'T.' He's akin to Eastwood in the Leone trilogy, but is an actual human character rather than caricature. Geoff Meed chews up the scenery as the main villain with gusto; it's obvious why his men fear him. Mears is quite good as the female protagonist, convincing and winning the viewer's sympathy, while Erin Marie Hogan stands out as the ravishing brunette saloon babe, Scarlet. The vibe is nicely realistic and the locations smack of harsh Western authenticity. All of this is topped off by a great score by Chris Ridenhour, which definitely perks the movie up and gives it class. In fact, the movie's worth watching just for the score.I'm only giving "6 Guns" 6.5/10 Stars because, even though it's a solid Western, it's also low-budget and kind of standard. If I gave it a higher grade people might expect something better than what it is. Still, if you like an occasional Western this one's worthwhile.I was surprised to discover that this was made by The Asylum, a film company notorious for releasing cheap knockoffs of major releases to steal some of their thunder. The Asylum has certainly put out some cartoony dreck (e.g. "30,000 Leagues Under the Sea" and "Mega Piranha"), but they can also surprise you with some worthy low-budget stuff (e.g. "The Land That Time Forgot" and "Grimm's Snow White"). "6 Guns" ranks with the latter.THE MOVIE RUNS 95 minutes was shot in California (Spahn Ranch, Chatsworth; Paramount Ranch, Agoura; and Snegoff Ranch, Topenga Canyon). It's rated 'R' for the brutal murder/rape scene.GRADE: B- (6.5/10)

I should have given up on this low-budget Western set in the 1800s when, just over two minutes into it, the main female character, Selina Stevens, portrayed by Sage Mears, read the line (yes, read, like most of her lines), "I can't lift the Crock-Pot all by myself." Surely, the writer (I use the word loosely), Geoff Meed, isn't so ignorant as to not have a clue that the trade name "Crock-Pot" and the electrical appliance it refers to weren't invented until the early 1970s. Then again, his forte is martial arts and stunts, so maybe he has been knocked in the head once too often. If he didn't know, then surely someone else in the cast or crew, perhaps the honeywagon driver, should have. That's where the script belonged—in the honeywagon.Then, about four-and-a-half minutes in, actor Brian Wimmer as the character Will Stevens, said, "I gotta replace all the shuttlers and windows due to the winds that are coming in." No, that's not a typo, that's exactly what he said—shuttlers. Hey, maybe he just flubbed the line and the low budget couldn't stand the strain of re-shooting the scene. On the other hand, maybe Geoff Meed really should give up the stunts and fighting. Permanent brain damage is no laughing matter.Perhaps The Asylum, known for producing "mockbusters," used these lines as a joke, but they weren't nearly as funny as this joke of a movie.Hard to fathom, but yes, I kept watching to the end, mostly out of fascination with how terrible it was…just as one refrains from turning away from a train wreck. But life is too short to have spent the time watching or to further comment on this train wreck. I hope I've saved someone else the waste of time.