In a Valley of Violence (2016)

A mysterious stranger and a random act of violence drag a town of misfits and nitwits into the bloody crosshairs of revenge.

Director:

Ti West

Writer:

Ti West

Stars:

Ethan Hawke, John Travolta, Taissa Farmiga

Cast

Cast overview:
Ethan Hawke	...	Paul
John Travolta	...	Marshal
Taissa Farmiga	...	Mary-Anne
James Ransone	...	Gilly
Karen Gillan	...	Ellen
Toby Huss	...	Harris
Tommy Nohilly	...	Tubby
Larry Fessenden	...	Roy
Michael Davis	...	Dollar Bill
James Cady	...	Bartender
Burn Gorman	...	Priest
K. Harrison Sweeney	...	William T. Baxter
Jumpy	...	Abby

Storyline

A mysterious stranger and a random act of violence drag a town of misfits and nitwits into the bloody crosshairs of revenge.

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Plot Keywords:

street shootout | left for dead | one against many | wilhelm scream | violence | 

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Taglines:

Keep Your Finger on the Trigger

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller | Western

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 October 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

El valle de la venganza

Filming Locations:

Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$29,343, 23 October 2016, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$50,381, 30 October 2016

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blumhouse Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This movie was filmed before but released after Ethan Hawke's other western The Magnificent Seven (2016).

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Goofs

A crew is visible hiding behind the bushes between the horse and the priest at 1:07. At first i thought he's part of the scene and waited for them to have a duel with Ethan Hawk but nothing until the Main titles shows up.

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Quotes

Paul: A man can only take so much.

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Connections

Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Ethan Hawke/Phil Collins (2016)

User Reviews

A "Quick and Dirty" Review

(The title of this review in honor of the 1995 Sam Raimi flick "The Quick and the Dead," yet another director who decided to take the Italian Western genre out for a spin, wind her up, and see what she can do.)

Now it is Ti West's turn at bat, a director known for "fringe" pictures but, to be fair, this type of film probably qualifies as fringe too.

Although a great many directors (including, believe it or not, the great Tarantino and even Eastwood himself) have taken on the challenge of this genre, the truth is that Sergio Leone -- the man who invented the category -- is the only director in history to have fully mastered it.

(Have seen the Man With No Name trilogy a half-dozen times so far, and I am not done yet.)

Which does not mean -- as the other reviewers have already noted -- that the attempt, even if it falls short a mite, cannot be fun.

And this movie definitely qualifies as fun.

Hawke is a great choice, at the same time skittish, taciturn, and yet also strangely dangerous.

Travolta will always be Travolta. He has been playing the same role since Kotter, and audiences never get bored.

The most fun is watching Taissa Farmiga chew up the furniture. Clearly the young lady wants to show the world that she has her sister's acting chops, so she does not merely enter a scene, she attacks it and wrestles it to the ground.

In different circumstances, this strange brew might have missed the mark. But it didn't. Clearly West's main goal was to entertain.

And that is exactly what he did.