Raimi goes West
With The Quick and the Dead, Sam Raimi approaches the old west with a
very new/contemporary style. With its brisk energy and competitive characters, the story often feels like a sports movie with lots of photography tricks. If you want a top western, this might not be your film, but if you are looking for good old American slick fun, you've come to the right place. Thanks to James Cameron, since T2, there has been nothing sexier than a woman with a gun. Sharon Stone actually brings a fairly macho 'Sarah Conner' quality to her character. She plays Ellen, a young cowgirl who rides into a mysterious town for a very special event, a gunslinging competition. The mayor of the town is a dangerous fella and one of the most feared gunslingers around. It is this man who Ellen is after. The question is, why? In order to fight him, she must beat everyone else in the competition. There will be blood, for sure. In order to make up for his superficial plot, Sam Raimi has a lot of tricks up his sleeve. One of his most recognizable through his career is going over the top in an amusing way, which he does here too, mostly at the climax. He doesn't make great movies, but he makes clever and entertaining ones, which this is.. reja watch Twelve O'Clock High movie
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The movie is about a harsh debt and an avengeful payback. It is a battle for the title of superiority and the less being inferior.
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A Western Shoot Out Movie with A Modern Touch!
The Plot: Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, Leonardo Dicaprio,
and Director Sam Raimi (Spiderman) reinvents the American western in this wild, sexy shoot-out studded with action, suspense, and offbeat humor. My Spiel: The Quick and the Dead seems to always be on the TNT network, but I can never sit threw it with all those commercials. So when I saw this movie for sale I picked it up to finally be able to watch it with out commercial interruptions. This is a entertaining western that it has the style and build of the standard tale of ultimate revenge. Granted I find it crazy that Sam Raimi directed this but he managed to get a heck of a cast. But this movie delivers in the style that its just your basic draw to draw shoot 'em up film. For those of you who haven't heard of seen this it's set around a competition of 1 on 1 fastest draw elimination. This has its crazy cast of random and off beat characters that enter and you know they are toast. But it has it's moments of thrills. But surprisingly has a end that wont disappoint. I recommend this movie to any fans of the new style western scene. The Quick and the Dead (1995) Review: 6/10. |
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