"Showdown At The Grand" is an odd duck in many ways because it tries to be an ode to old time heroes and the cinema experience but the story it tells doesn't really have a sense of its own stakes despite a heartfelt performance by Terrence Howard.

The context of escape and resolution simply comes from a life lived. With "Head Count", the lead character of Kat (Aaron Jakubenko) just wants to escape and yet his circumstances simply make him more prone to the possibility of loss. Jakubenko has the cool and the comic timing down but the "Raising Arizona" vibe never quite rachets up to what it could be.