Humaira Grant
It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
Tobias Burrows
It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.
Logan
By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
Rich Wright
Every good revenge thriller needs a decent villain, and Sweetwater (known as Sweet Vengeance here in good ol' England) has a great one: a thoroughly despicable, corrupt preacher who uses the cover of his profession to get away with a multitude of sins: including murder, sexual abuse, stealing... the list goes on. It's difficult to know what version of the Good Book he's studying, since I'm quite sure there are no passages advocating racism, prostitution or lying either. If he was born nowadays, he'd likely be confined to an asylum for the rest of his sorry days. But since this was the God fearing 19th century, he's seen as a pillar of the community, and is allowed to get away with his wanton criminality.Fortunately, a new sheriff has just rode in, and doesn't fall for the alleged man of the cloth's film-flammery. You see, the preacher's men have unwittingly killed two friends of his, and he wants to find out the cause of their disappearance. Meanwhile, the insane religious nutjob has got designs on a redhead farmer AND her land... and is prepared to go to any methods to grab what he believes should be rightfully his. Including of course, disposing of her Mexican husband. Unfortunately, after destroying her life, he awakens in her a monster. Let's just say Charles Bronson is about to have some competition for the highest body count...And as the predictable slaughter gets underway, you can hardly help but get involved as this irredeemable bible basher, along with his uncouth gang of reprobates, are annihilated by our wronged lady in ways which can only be described as thoroughly deserved. There has been so many contemptible things done by these miscreants up till now, that maximum satisfaction is guaranteed as they're blown to smithereens. January Jones is a marvel as the feisty focal point of the movie, and Ed Harris with Jason Isaacs offer invaluable support as the unshakeable lawman and the eminently hissable bad guy, respectably.Number one with a bullet. 6/10
rocinante-two
Another revenge flick where the protagonist is a wronged woman, the villain is a religious psycho-bigot, and the "good man"/sidekick supporting role is both "colorful" and subordinate? **That's** original. (sarcasm_off.)I can hear the pitch now: "It's like Django, but with a chick - and I can make it for just 7 mil!".Also, I wonder how many "Mad Men" fans and X-Men fan boys (yes, I know how it's spelled, but IMDb's stupid spell-checker won't let me enter it *correctly*) will buy a ticket just to gawk at JJs boobies - and still take their girlfriends with them to see it. ("What? Honey, it's a *feminist* revenge flick!") Lol - it's a two-fer!"You see, this is what I don't understand: I don't understand how so many people with so much talent can spend so much money and make so much crap." - Senator Jay Bulworth (Warren Beatty)
jjoaq
It started out real slow. From the reviews, I thought, well OK, if I don't like it, I can just stop watching. Like I said, it started out real slow. Maybe about midway, it got good, then better, then real good. It was like a thriller. The acting was superb by all. The villain made you hate him. His righteousness made you hate him even more. Great acting. Great background, the town and townspeople. All the characters were great. I won't spoil it and tell the ending but even the ending was great. I thought that it would end differently but it didn't and that even made it better. I thoroughly enjoyed this western. I haven't seen a good one in along time.
rrcharpe
Although I hugely enjoyed the movie I had a curious thought about the way Hollywood has been presenting Christians the last decade or so (during the same time period as the progressive left wingers have taken control of our country). Why is it that in many movies produced in the U.S.A. Christians are portrayed as radicals on par with Islamic terrorists. This movie uses a demented Christian pastor as the evil villain and a Hispanic man and his "White" wife as the put upon good people. What ever happened to the millions of decent Christian people in America's history who helped the poor and "turned the other cheek" amongst the many good things that Jesus stood for in his day and Christians today stand for? I did really like the movie but can't Hollywood find someone else to kick around than Christians? Just a thought. StocktonRob
