Dumbfounded at the high rating.
Slap Jimmy Stewart into some stirrups for a morality tale and viewers are satisfied apparently. Nevermind the movie playing like a sub B picture version of many like it that came before. The Colorado scenery is nice, but that is about the only good there is to say. Ryan, who I normally love to watch, came off ridiculous with that hammed up "psycho" chuckle after finishing every line of dialogue. Stewart was more skiddish than ever - his hysterical nightmare was cringeworthy. Meeker was ok but his character was kind of a joke. Point is, some damn fine actors but they weren't given much to work with. And the ending was just... a joke. It felt like typical revisionist history that plagues Hollywood. Thankfully Mann has much better work to hang his hat on.