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Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.
View MoreAmazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.
View MoreStory: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
This is a typical punishment and revenge movie. It starts very well with the tension building up and the events unfolding in the stagecoach and aftermath. Then, it sort of turns into a caricature of a western at the moment the colonel starts killing innocent town people wantonly. That plot may suit well to story in a Nazi concentration camp but becomes believable nowhere else including the wild West. His act is totally irrational because no one would like to create enemies out of nowhere. The pretext that colonel wanted to scare people to sell their lands cheap for the black gold also looks shaky because only after the discovery of ICE and its common use in the early 20th century, a huge demand grew for the petroleum. The one dimensional pure evil characterization of the colonel takes a lot from the movie. In Unforgiven, for example, the Sheriff acted by Gene Hackman has a much deeper character. Besides that, the cast and acting are very good. M. Mikkelsen certainly stands out in his lead acting role. The landscape scenes are beautifully shot. From start to the end, the movie never loses its pace and the length is good.
View MoreShould of used mads mikkelsen for roland in the dark tower movie by stephen king perfect gunslinger
View MoreI just happened across a trailer for this movie, I had never heard of it before. it is one of the best westerns I have ever seen - right up there with the Unforgiven and the wild bunch. it is a blood and guts western - which I love. the very first blood and guts western was the wild bunch - which is my all time favorite western. this one has a different take being the main actor is a Danish solider just coming to America after being defeated by the Germans in 1864. it is a story of vengeance and the bad guys gets their due in the end. I don't know why I had never heard of this movie before but it is well worth the time to watch. you will not be disappointed at all. it reminds me in a way of High Plains Drifter but with a more modern blood and guts addition. tell you friends about it - it is a very good western.
View MoreIt does not necessarily have to be a western...I just love any really good and well made movie whatever the genre...but I feel compelled to write a review of this movie in particular...The first time I watched it I was well pleased with it...although I was initially dismayed by the opening dialogue, which was foreign(Danish?)...but because it seemed so well shot and the scenery was so well devised, I decided I would watch it even if there wasn't a word of English in it...There was a definite sense of quality right from the getgo..and I felt even if I did not understand a word, the action would pretty much tell the story, being a western and all...Well, I was glad I stuck with it, because about 5-10 minutes in, everyone began speaking in English which was a relief....However, it was the second time watching the movie about a month later that it finally became clear just what a fine piece of work this film really is..It is all there...everything you want in a memorable movie...just the kind of effort that makes you want to watch it multiple times, because each time you find something else you did not notice the time before...One thing that really impressed me about it was the wonderful music..a plaintive Spanish guitar riffing most of the time with very tasteful violins in the background...really excellent music score...and the obvious spaghetti western influence was also there..but done tastefully and sparingly..not heavyhanded at all....ALL the characters were topflight and the dialogue and screenplay NEVER insults your intelligence...Everything was done tastefully and just the way you would want it from a historical perspective...just the right amount of dirt on everyone's face, just the right macho countenance from the actors, all the right accoutrements and firearms...all perfectly done.I am looking forward to the next viewing in perhaps another few months from now...I am sure I will find even more to be pleased about...These type of high quality movies are FEW and FAR BETWEEN these days, and I intend to savor each and every viewing in the future..
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