"The difference is justice, you'll know it when you feel it squeezing around your neck." Judge John Goodnight (Perry) rides into a town to dispense his own brand of justice. When the town is attacked Goodnight captures a young bandit who turns out to be the the son of a local woman. When Goodnight uses the boy to find the head of the gang more secrets are revealed. After watching the first movie and actually thinking it wasn't that cheesy I went in expecting the same from this one. I was wrong. I realize that this one was also on the Hallmark Channel and I should have expected it but this was way cheesier then the first movie. The main plot and reveal actually made me hang my head and shake it at the ridiculousness of it. I will say though that when compared to the newer westerns that have come out this is still better then most. Which is kinda sad. Overall, not as good as first one but watchable. I give it a C+.
3 Reviews
Good. Goodnight for Justice series
kermitdgorf12311 March 2019
I watched the 1st Goodnight for Justice and enjoyed Luke Perry's performance as a no nonsense judge in the wild west.
I searched out others in the series after Mr Perry's untimely death.
He played well opposite the young actor Cameron Bright.
I look forward to watching the other Goodnight film and am saddened there will be no more.
Luke Perry's looks at home in a cowboy hat and Western gear.
He's aged a lot since his 90210 years, but mattiref as an actor.
He will be missed.
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nogodnomasters3 May 2019
Warning: Spoilers
John Goodnight (Luke Perry) is a traveling circuit judge. We get the idea he is a womanizer who likes his drink, but as a Hallmark film, it doesn't dwell on the topic. He runs an unusual court and doesn't like it when people have legal representation. He tries the cases himself. He runs into an old girlfriend Callie(Baroness Stephanie von Pfetten), who was a stage actress he knew in Chicago.
When the bad guys come to town to rob the bank, a man is killed. One of the bank robbers is captured...who happens to be Will, the son of Callie. The town wants to hang Will (Cameron Bright, Alec-Twilight saga). John, in spite of his past relationship to Callie does not recluse himself, but finds a way to save the boy and his mother from an angry vigilante mob who demands a hanging.
The film is hokey and cheesy as any Hallmark. People can't seem to shoot and hit anything, even at close range. Many movie cliches. I will say in spite of all the shortcomings it somewhat held my interest. Film appears to be aimed at one parent youngster who stray due to the lack of the proper role model.
Parental Guide: Some shooting deaths and a fist fight. Talk about out of wedlock pregnancy and doing the right thing.
When the bad guys come to town to rob the bank, a man is killed. One of the bank robbers is captured...who happens to be Will, the son of Callie. The town wants to hang Will (Cameron Bright, Alec-Twilight saga). John, in spite of his past relationship to Callie does not recluse himself, but finds a way to save the boy and his mother from an angry vigilante mob who demands a hanging.
The film is hokey and cheesy as any Hallmark. People can't seem to shoot and hit anything, even at close range. Many movie cliches. I will say in spite of all the shortcomings it somewhat held my interest. Film appears to be aimed at one parent youngster who stray due to the lack of the proper role model.
Parental Guide: Some shooting deaths and a fist fight. Talk about out of wedlock pregnancy and doing the right thing.
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