Good westerns are sometimes hard to find, there have only been a handful of them made in resent years and out of those even a smaller amount are good enough to watch. Here we're given a journey of the soul for two men who are bound together by circumstances beyond their control. Liam Neeson and Pierce Brosnan star as the two combatants in this revenge story that torments each man to the point of madness. Even though there are quite a few character parts throughout the film none of them stand out the way Anjelica Huston's role does. When she appears as an evil spirit driving the two men to their irrevocable climax, we're treated to a performance that commands the screen.
Five years after the end of the Civil War, a former Confederate Col. is chasing an ex-Union officer through the American West for a wartime atrocity that forever binds them together. From the opening scenes to the startling conclusion, director David von Ancken keeps the story interesting as well as suspenseful with wonderful camera work and a series of situations that would normally do in any ordinary man. With symbolism throughout the story the audience is not surprised as each man overcomes the situations that are laid out in front of them to ultimately face each other in the end. Location shots from snowy mountains to sweltering desert only enhance this extremely character driven story.
As I've said before its hard to find good westerns now a days, but when one comes along you just have to tell people about it so that more people can enjoy it. Here we are given some classic characters that are on a road of revenge and self-discovery, and as the story progresses we wonder if we were put in the same situations would the outcome be the same. I enjoyed this film from beginning to end and would not have a problem watching it again, between a strong story, wonderful location shots and characters that you like to watch and see what happens to them, we're given a treat for the eyes and the mind.
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