This movie was a huge disappointment. As an advocate for Mustangs and someone who works with them for a living, this movie did no favors for Mustangs or the inmate programs.
1. Mustangs do not give you their trust after you've had an epiphany and feed them a carrot.
2. Inmate program facilities are not so half-assed as that so they would be pulling in wild animals indoors for a storm.. (this one was a big wtf.)
3. No such isolation boxes exist for horses.
4. Inmates would never have access to medical supplies like that, and the entire drug story line was totally unnecessary.
5. Please do not release Mustangs back into the wild. It is a danger to themselves and the herds they attempt to reintegrate to.
So so many things that made me so sad that this was the representation of Mustangs and inmate programs to the mass public.
Aside from all that, even assessing it as a Hollywood flick, the story lines were half baked and underdeveloped. By the end of the movie, he was not rehabilitated, nor was the horse, nor was his relationship with his daughter... so it totally contradicted the quote in the credits saying that wild horse inmate programs significantly reduce the chance of second offenses.
The story ends with the horse alone in the wild and the man stuck in solitary confinement.
So so many things that made me so sad that this was the representation of Mustangs and inmate programs to the mass public.
Aside from all that, even assessing it as a Hollywood flick, the story lines were half baked and underdeveloped. By the end of the movie, he was not rehabilitated, nor was the horse, nor was his relationship with his daughter... so it totally contradicted the quote in the credits saying that wild horse inmate programs significantly reduce the chance of second offenses.
The story ends with the horse alone in the wild and the man stuck in solitary confinement.