The Salvation

2014 "Bad men will bleed."
6.7| 1h32m| R| en
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In 1870s America, a peaceful American settler kills his family's murderer which unleashes the fury of a notorious gang leader. His cowardly fellow townspeople then betray him, forcing him to hunt down the outlaws alone.

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Protraph Lack of good storyline.
Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
muons This is a typical punishment and revenge movie. It starts very well with the tension building up and the events unfolding in the stagecoach and aftermath. Then, it sort of turns into a caricature of a western at the moment the colonel starts killing innocent town people wantonly. That plot may suit well to story in a Nazi concentration camp but becomes believable nowhere else including the wild West. His act is totally irrational because no one would like to create enemies out of nowhere. The pretext that colonel wanted to scare people to sell their lands cheap for the black gold also looks shaky because only after the discovery of ICE and its common use in the early 20th century, a huge demand grew for the petroleum. The one dimensional pure evil characterization of the colonel takes a lot from the movie. In Unforgiven, for example, the Sheriff acted by Gene Hackman has a much deeper character. Besides that, the cast and acting are very good. M. Mikkelsen certainly stands out in his lead acting role. The landscape scenes are beautifully shot. From start to the end, the movie never loses its pace and the length is good.
rzajac The best first thing you can say about this flick is that it's good old, down-home, operatic storytelling and character development.After that, it's icing on the cake. The production values are fantastic, and the direction and acting is spot-on.If you find western revenge dramas to be your thing, definitely check this one out.
PetarDuric As Jon faces lost of his wife and kid he goes on mission of redemption that will change many more lives. This one is visually impressive movie with some of very nice scenes shoot and pretty violent ending of movie. Otherwise movie brings nothing new to screen except a great performance by Mads Mikkelsen which magnified it's impact. As Jon faces loss of his brother Peter that helped him a lot and how he managed to return into town to get his vengeance but also relieved town sheriff from Delarue. Delarue is gang leader he is played by Jeffrey Morgan and he was also a pretty good in the movie. From all torture that Jon went through finally helped even Madelaine that was being taken by Delarue. Madelaine is played by Eva Green and she did a great job in portraying her emotions. Directing of the movie is at moments great but sometimes sloppy but movie has a continuity in story development. 3/4
dcnilsen It does not necessarily have to be a western...I just love any really good and well made movie whatever the genre...but I feel compelled to write a review of this movie in particular...The first time I watched it I was well pleased with it...although I was initially dismayed by the opening dialogue, which was foreign(Danish?)...but because it seemed so well shot and the scenery was so well devised, I decided I would watch it even if there wasn't a word of English in it...There was a definite sense of quality right from the getgo..and I felt even if I did not understand a word, the action would pretty much tell the story, being a western and all...Well, I was glad I stuck with it, because about 5-10 minutes in, everyone began speaking in English which was a relief....However, it was the second time watching the movie about a month later that it finally became clear just what a fine piece of work this film really is..It is all there...everything you want in a memorable movie...just the kind of effort that makes you want to watch it multiple times, because each time you find something else you did not notice the time before...One thing that really impressed me about it was the wonderful music..a plaintive Spanish guitar riffing most of the time with very tasteful violins in the background...really excellent music score...and the obvious spaghetti western influence was also there..but done tastefully and sparingly..not heavyhanded at all....ALL the characters were topflight and the dialogue and screenplay NEVER insults your intelligence...Everything was done tastefully and just the way you would want it from a historical perspective...just the right amount of dirt on everyone's face, just the right macho countenance from the actors, all the right accoutrements and firearms...all perfectly done.I am looking forward to the next viewing in perhaps another few months from now...I am sure I will find even more to be pleased about...These type of high quality movies are FEW and FAR BETWEEN these days, and I intend to savor each and every viewing in the future..