This movie inverts the developing-tragedy type of story by kicking off with the tragedy and then going to the main action. I guess it may be called a revenge plot. And although it is not much original, it hits you strong in the first few minutes. After some years living abroad, Jon (Mads Mikkelsen) finally gets to see his wife and son who came to live with him on this western strange land (USA).
Only a few minutes after the family is reunited, their coach ride to wherever home is was transformed into a rape and murder scenario by two typical gunmen. Jon got his revenge too soon too easily but what he didn't know was that he had killed the brother of a fearful western gang head, Delarue (Jeffrey Dean Morgan).
And then this is it: Delarue seeks his revenge while Jon tries to survive. The villain has the unlikely aid from the town's sheriff, and also the consent from most town members, just because they relied on the gang for protection albeit obvious mixed feelings.
The other supposedly main characters are nothing but forgettable, like the mute wife of Delarue's brother, who would surely be far more interesting if she could say a word, and also Jon's brother (and his major helping hand in his ordeal) who was also a man of few words himself.
Even so, I think this movie could be pleasant to watch if there was no ludicrous CGI all over the shots. When I say "all over" I mean something like every other five minutes you get that perfect background scenery that just does not go along with the foreground. Besides this, you also have completely crap CGI fire and rain (CGI rain, really?). I simply do not understand how other reviewers are able to miss this (a simple web search will tell you that "some 900 shots visually altered through CGI and various digital and backdrop alterations").
Almost everyone with good taste will agree that Mikkelsen is a great actor, too great to be fronting such a mediocre movie.
Only a few minutes after the family is reunited, their coach ride to wherever home is was transformed into a rape and murder scenario by two typical gunmen. Jon got his revenge too soon too easily but what he didn't know was that he had killed the brother of a fearful western gang head, Delarue (Jeffrey Dean Morgan).
And then this is it: Delarue seeks his revenge while Jon tries to survive. The villain has the unlikely aid from the town's sheriff, and also the consent from most town members, just because they relied on the gang for protection albeit obvious mixed feelings.
The other supposedly main characters are nothing but forgettable, like the mute wife of Delarue's brother, who would surely be far more interesting if she could say a word, and also Jon's brother (and his major helping hand in his ordeal) who was also a man of few words himself.
Even so, I think this movie could be pleasant to watch if there was no ludicrous CGI all over the shots. When I say "all over" I mean something like every other five minutes you get that perfect background scenery that just does not go along with the foreground. Besides this, you also have completely crap CGI fire and rain (CGI rain, really?). I simply do not understand how other reviewers are able to miss this (a simple web search will tell you that "some 900 shots visually altered through CGI and various digital and backdrop alterations").
Almost everyone with good taste will agree that Mikkelsen is a great actor, too great to be fronting such a mediocre movie.