I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
... View MoreTells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.
... View MoreIt’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
... View MoreIt’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny
... View MoreThis 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 MoreI'm finding it hard to believe that this Western was made by a Danish film company. Apparently director Kristian Levring did his homework on the genre and the era he was filming because this had the gritty feel of some of the best American Westerns like "Unforgiven" and "3:10 to Yuma". In it's way, it's a pretty typical revenge Western, but I don't think that should be taken as a negative. Mads Mikkelsen find himself up against the brutal leader of an outlaw gang, who's brother was killed after raping the wife of Jon Jensen (Mikkelsen) and leaving her and their young son dead.The town of Black Creek is understandably in fear of Henry Delarue's (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) crazed killers, with the town mayor and sheriff willingly agreeing to offer two victims for Delarue to kill if the man who did his brother in isn't found in an impossibly short time frame. A third random victim is added to the body count just for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.The wild card in this scenario turns out to be the wife of the slain brother, a good looking but disfigured woman who was scarred by an Indian tribe at a young age. The mute Princess (Eva Green), with her tongue cut out and slashed lips, becomes a patient observer who plots her revenge against Delarue after he takes her for his woman following brother Paul's (Michael Raymond-James) death.One would never recognize the South African filming locations utilized in the story; the resemblance to the arid regions of the American Southwest are striking. The cinematography is nothing short of excellent, with such attention to detail as a fly making it's way across the face of the dead Delarue following the final confrontation between his gang and Jon, with a significant assist from the Princess. Though some may find fault with the final ride into the sunset with Madelaine the Princess accompanying Jon, I didn't take it as the beginning of a romantic entanglement, but the mutual respect accorded by two unwilling victims to each other for what would be the start of a new life.
... View MoreI think there are lot of reviews of people who never saw past the first 15 minutes of the film. This is not a "Danish Western", and all subtitling and Danish completely ends after the first 15 minutes. This is a solid, simple western through and through. It doesn't dwell on evil, it dwells on good people dealing with evil. The Salvation reaches back to a better time in film-making. It's a lesson on how a western is supposed to make you feel and what you're supposed to learn. The main protagonist is a metaphor for what a western is: a European going on with his life in a wild land, that gets hollowed out by it, and yet is the only mechanism keeping a fickle world together with the remaining good in his character. Nevermind the setting, nevermind the accents, a western is an exploration the elemental aspects of human nature, add some gun play, then it's all wrapped up with an "into the sunset" ending. That's what's going to happen here. Virtually everyone in this cast is a revelation. Jeffrey Dean Morgan would have been in a hundred cowboy movies in another time. Mads Mikkelsen is the perfect fit for the subdued killing machine he'll transform into, and Eva Green is the lady that does more with her eyes then all the men do with their mouths. This film, to me, is the quintessential example of how to build a modern western, from the ground up, without looking like you're trying to be clever. Just tell a solid story of great lose, and have the audience climb out with some semblance of redemption. Then you get on your horse, ride into the sunset, credits roll.
... View MoreThe American West in the 1870s. A European settler, Jon Jensen (Mads Mikkelsen), has just welcomed his wife and son to the country when they are kidnapped and murdered. He takes revenge on the murderers, only to discover that one was the brother of a local land baron, Henry Delarue. Delarue runs the local town with a brutal hand. Now he wants vengeance on the man who killed his brother and the local townspeople are too scared of him to stand up to him. Jon is fighting more than just the local thugs, he is facing the entire town...Pretty good, though had the potential to be great. Started very well, with a grittiness not always found in westerns. Jon Jensen's predicament was very intriguing and seemed hopeless, making it very engaging. The feeling of powerlessness and injustice added to this.Some good action scenes too, especially towards the end.However, from a point the plot becomes rather one-dimensional. The end result is far too neat, predictable and easy. There's no twists, no real dilemmas, no development, things just happen without much impediment or anything unexpected occurring.Ultimately, still reasonably good, but a bit disappointing in that it was set up for something even better.
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