So without giving too much away...
It's the 1880's, the protagonist's family has been killed by a certain powerful man (by power I mean political, financial). The protag decides to kill this powerful man out of vengeance, so fast forward, were are now close to the end of the film. It's the protag on one side against 6 hired guns and the powerful bad guy on the other. The protag is now notorious for being a ruthless killer. Some might even say crazy. He takes his shotgun, dismounts from his horse then shoots the horse in front of these "bad" men... some what as a statement like I'm not running, this ends now.
My question; is this too much? I told a friend and he said the audience would not go for it. I remember that film What Just Happened, and the audience couldn't take the dog being killed. My friend also suggested he shoot the gun in the air to scare the horse off, but I think it's more of a statement if he shoots the horse dead. So is it too much? Thoughts?
EDIT: I need to point out that this is NOT his own horse, this horse was stolen a few towns back... literally three pages ago. His horse died back with his family.
I'm thinking that the protag doesn't expect to make it out alive of this one, and maybe as to spare the horse from the suffering of the massive amount of gunfire headed their way, he would put it down... I'm beginning to see that this maybe isn't such a good idea? Yes? no?
It's the 1880's, the protagonist's family has been killed by a certain powerful man (by power I mean political, financial). The protag decides to kill this powerful man out of vengeance, so fast forward, were are now close to the end of the film. It's the protag on one side against 6 hired guns and the powerful bad guy on the other. The protag is now notorious for being a ruthless killer. Some might even say crazy. He takes his shotgun, dismounts from his horse then shoots the horse in front of these "bad" men... some what as a statement like I'm not running, this ends now.
My question; is this too much? I told a friend and he said the audience would not go for it. I remember that film What Just Happened, and the audience couldn't take the dog being killed. My friend also suggested he shoot the gun in the air to scare the horse off, but I think it's more of a statement if he shoots the horse dead. So is it too much? Thoughts?
EDIT: I need to point out that this is NOT his own horse, this horse was stolen a few towns back... literally three pages ago. His horse died back with his family.
I'm thinking that the protag doesn't expect to make it out alive of this one, and maybe as to spare the horse from the suffering of the massive amount of gunfire headed their way, he would put it down... I'm beginning to see that this maybe isn't such a good idea? Yes? no?
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