Some clarity on this cerebral, indie drama

The reason the prior reviewer is confused about the marketing and the actual film being completely different is simple. The film was originally called, The Tailor, shot for about $10K. It was a cerebral, intense drama about a small-town tailor who is dragged into a eerie revenge plot surrounding his wife and the devil. 

However, the film was sold to Indican Pictures. They unfortunately decided to rename it, and market it as some kind of gun-fighting action western, which it's NOT. 

The filmmakers had no recourse, and so everyone is buying this film under a false pretense, and therefore it never received proper reviews, since audiences were expecting some kind of action western, and instead got an intellectual, drama with very little "gun- fighting" at all. 

I would add, "Yuma" isn't even in the story-line. Indican even changed the trailer to the film to reflect Estevez as the main protagonist, which he's not. In fact, he's a minor antagonist and not even central to the actual film. Everything about the filmmakers intended marketing was destroyed by Indican in this process. 

If you watch it as the indie drama it is, I promise a much different, even enjoyable experience.

The drama genre is a broad category that features stories portraying human experiences, emotions, conflicts, and relationships in a realistic and emotionally impactful way. Dramas delve into the complexities of human life, often exploring themes of love, loss, morality, societal issues, personal growth, with the aim to evoke an emotional response from the audience by presenting relatable and thought-provoking stories.

Mahershala Ali and Alex R. Hibbert in Moonlight (2016)

The Western genre features stories set primarily in the 19th-century American Old West and often depict the rugged frontier life, exploring themes of individualism, justice, morality, and the clash between civilization and the untamed wilderness. The genre has its roots in the historical context of westward expansion and the challenges faced by pioneers, settlers, outlaws, and lawmen.

John Wayne and Harry Carey Jr. in The Searchers (1956)

Seven Years after his wife's murder and the events that changed his life, Caleb Williams has become a gunfighter known as The Tailor.

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