Seth MacFarlane stars as Albert Stark who is dumped by his girlfriend Louise (Amanda Seyfried) as he is a coward who will not participate in a gunfight. As he is in the saloon contemplating moving from the town of Old Stump, Arizona to San Francisco ,away from what he considers the horrors of the frontier, he saves a woman Anna (Charlize Theron) from death during a brawl however unknown to him this woman is the wife of outlaw Clinch Leatherwood (Liam Neeson) so as their friendship develops her secret puts him obviously closer to the dangers he is so keen to escape from.

MacFarlanes second effort on the big screen after Ted is a disappointment in comparison however I still enjoyed it more than his subsequent effort Ted 2, if you can look beyond the obvious flaws the movie has in a poor script and some poorly developed characters, including MacFarlanes. It is only Neil Patrick Harris who is excellent as Foy, Louise’s new beau who along with his moustache preens his way through the movie in one scene stealing performance after another and Theron who feels like she is not actually acting which works a treat, as the scenes with just her an MacFarlane feel like two people having a bit of a laugh instead of acting a scene, who have any real presence on the screen and are central to most of the better moments in the film.

There are so many little meta moments and fourth wall breaks that I laughed aloud quite a few times but in saying that there are too many repeatable jokes and the movie is way too long to keep things interesting. Still feel there is a good base for a western comedy somewhere among the mess and with a little more thought it could have been a lot better.

DJ Speaks Rating: 4.5 Out Of 10