Television director David Von Ancken's metaphorical revenge Western wears its influences on its sleeve, but adds nothing to the genre that hasn't already been explored in the quietly demythologizing films of Anthony Mann and Budd Boetticher, the baroque, operatic Italian Westerns of Sergio Leone and his less-familiar peers, Sam Fuller's deranged, post-Civil War psychodrama RUN OF THE ARROW (1956) and, most obviously, Clint Eastwood's THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (1976).
A parable of vengeance and the hope of redemption, the film opens mid-chase: The year is 1868, and the place Nevada's awe-inspiring Ruby Mountains. Grizzled Gideon (Pierce Brosnan) is the hare, and...
Released:
2006
Rated:
R
Length:
115 mins