History Film / SixReasonsWhy

* GrimyWater: The Sherpa and The Entrepreneur are ecstatic when they find a lake in the middle of the ThirstyDesert of The Badlands, by The Nomad tells them it is contaminated by toxic chemicals from the old coal mine and will kill them within two days if they drink it.

* FakingTheDead: The Nomad hires The Criminal to shoot him so that his horse will think he is dead (ItMakesSenseInContext). Unfortunately for him, a GambitPileUp gets in the way of his plan.

* AccidentalMurder: The Sherpa tells a story of how he 'borrowed' his brother's rifle and was practising his aim by sighting on a lone rider on the plain when the rifle went off in his hands and killed the rider (which exactly parallels the plot of the Music/JohnnyCash song "I Hung My Head"). [[spoiler:It is larer revealed that he is originally from the Utopian community to the west and this crime got him exiled, and he is now attempting to find is way back.]]

* PostApocalyptic: Despite all the {{Western}} trappings, the film actually takes place in a post-apocalyptic world, as evidenced by The Nomads tape player (and his need for batteries) and the radio in the saloon. The nature of the disaster that befell the world is never mentioned.

''Six Reasons Why'' is a 2008 ScienceFiction {{Western}} written and directed by the Campagna Brothers and starring Dan Wooster, Mads Koudal, Christopher Harrison, and Colm Feore.

* YouKilledMyFather: After he father is assassinated by The Criminal, The Entrepreneur--accompanied by The Sherpa--follows him into The Badlands seeking vengeance.

* WantedPoster: The Entrepreneur has a wanted poster for The Criminal in his pack that he uses to convince The Nomad of his story.

* RailroadPlot: Part of the background to the world is a bitter rivalry between the railroad and the Zeppelin line to link the boomtowns. This rivalry leads to the Entrepreneur's father, who runs the railroad being assassinated, and sends The Entrepreneur into The Badlands in pursuit of his killer.

* WantedPoster: The Entrepreneur has a wanted poster for The Criminal in his pack that he uses to convince The nomad of his story.

* RailroadPlot: Part of the background to the world is a bitter rivalry between the railroad and the Zeppelin line to link the boomtowns. This rivalry leads to the Entrepreneur's father, who runs the railroad being assassinated, and sends The Entrepreneur into The Badlands in pursuit of his killer.

-->'''The Entrepreneur''': We didn't think the journey would be so hard. there is nothing to eat out here at all.\\

* MexicanStandOff: The film opens with a Mexican standoff between The Nomad, The Entrepreneur, The Sherpa and The Criminal in the middle of the desert. The rest of the film is dedicated to explaining HowWeGotHere.

* PistolWhipping: The Nomad knocks out The Entrepreneur and The Sherpa with his rifle butt when he thinks they have stolen his horse. In a flashback, The Entrepreneur is shown using his pistol butt to beat The Zeppelin Scout's face to a bloody pulp.

* PistolWhipping: The Nomad knocks out The Entrepreneur and The Sherpa with his rifle butt when he thinks they have stolen his horse.

* NoNameGiven: Very few characters are actually named. The main characters are identified as The Nomad, The Sherpa, The Entrepreneur, The Preacher and The Criminal.

* IDontLikeThesoundOfThatPlace: The Badlans.

''Six Reasons Why'' is a 2008 SciFiWestern written and directed by the Campagna Brothers and starring Dan Wooster, Mads Koudal, Christopher Harrison, and Colm Feore.