I was born in Alpine where this film is portrayed. My granfather had a ranch close by. Small by west Texas standards. This movie portrays the people perfectly. Hard working people trying to eak out a living. And as the Sherrif said a tide is rolling in and taking them over. Its like a Sunami that destroys everything including any principles and standards of morality that's in the way. The sunami is here and we won't be able to stop it. All the good and decent things and people will be destroyed. I highly recommend this movie.