The story is not typical of a Western. It's too banal and naive. The film is largely monotonous, it is divided into two parts: duels and everything else. A duel is probably the best thing in the movie. They are very interesting and exciting, although before they start it becomes clear who will win. The ending was very disappointing. I thought that everything went and will go in the usual way, but no, we have to ruin everything. We could have done it differently and much better, but on the other hand, there is some diversity in the film. I don’t like the fact that the actors are separate from each other. No, of course they talk to each other, shoot, but it all looks fake.
When I talked about my two favorite actors, I was obviously referring to Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio. For Crowe, this is generally the first American film, and then there is also a western, and even the role of a preacher got. Must have been hard on him. He's good with the colt. What would be so dexterous to do, you need to train for a long time, and as in the end went, in one hand a colt, in the other gun, the guards to shoot, and even ...
But most of all, I liked the way Leonardo DiCaprio played. There was not yet the role of a drug addict in the diary of a basketball player, he did not freeze in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean in Titanic, he did not poison himself in Romeo and Juliet, he did not have any special roles in cinema, only, perhaps, a secondary role in the film What Eats Gilbert Grape?, and a ten-dimensional role in Santa Barbara. And where only Sharon Stone dug it up, because it was she who invited him to star in this film. If it weren’t for Leo, the film would have lost a spoonful of irony. The self-loving guy who says left and right that he's the fastest shooter in the world causes only laughter, I'm in a good sense of the word. And as he was going to the last fight against his father, this is generally one of the most memorable moments in the film, a smile in the style of I am about to die of fear, elegant wearing a hat, a few words and the stroke of the clock.
Gene Hackman, he's a typical Westerner, and he plays villains all the time. In the same "Unforgiven" when Clint Eastwood shot him, so here. The mayor who terarizes all the residents of the city, and brought them to the point that they hired a professional shooter to kill him. Hackman always looks very confident in all his images, and even more so in the images of villains. In the same "Bonnie and Clyde", he perfectly played the villain brother-fun Clyde. And in the same "Unforgiven." Here he also looks good, and from pistols he definitely shoots the best.
In general, all the main characters in the film are selected very different from each other. A cruel mayor, a cowboy lady, a priest and a "baby." This is an undoubted plus to the film, as it adds a great variety to the fights.
As in all Westerns, there is a great musical design. Not Morricone of course, but very, very dignified, and most importantly always to the place.
The good thing is, it's 6.5, but when I see Crow and DiCaprio together, I'll see it in a western. Anyway, I'll add another score. So
7.5 out of 10
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