Head Count ★★

CREDIT to Australians Ben and Jacob Burkhart for making a neo-noir western.

But unfortunately their debut feature Head Count isn’t that interesting.

It starts in good fashion with a man on his knees with a gun at his head.

It’s his own weapon and he starts trying to work out how many bullets are left in the chamber

As the empty rounds click away, we flashback to various events since Kat escaped from prison, including run-ins with a wild animal, a police officer, an arms dealer and an ex-girlfriend.

The film-making is fine but the story becomes a series of vignettes that aren’t that interesting or connected well enough.