Foster gives a typically strong performance as the troubled protagonist, while Fanning is excellent as the vulnerable Rocky.

It's uncompromising but at the end, it does leave some room for hope and Foster, in his intense, contained way, makes Roy's redemption highly plausible unexpectedly poignant.

"Galveston" is tough, uncompromising, and hauntingly believable, just a little too slow and a lot too serious for today's typical action audiences.

It doesn't fail, but it doesn't succeed either.