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The Quick And The Dead (DVD)

 
Description: Genre: War & Western - Western / Theatrical Release: 1995 / Director: Sam Raimi / Actors: Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman ... more
The Quick And The Dead (DVD) ... ... / DVD released 07 February, 2005 at Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Features of the DVD: PAL, Widescreen / Director Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead) tries gamely to recapture the exotic mysteries of spaghetti Westerns in this stylish but empty film, which stars Sharon Stone as a stranger who comes to the town of Redemption in time for an annual shooting contest. Her real motivations for being there are the stuff that might have found their way into a film by Sergio Leone--in fact, much of this film is a pastiche of Leone's greatest hits, including A Fistful of Dollars and Once upon a Time in America--but one can't quite believe Stone in the role. Gene Hackman gives a predictably solid performance as the town tyrant, and Leonardo DiCaprio is good as a lucky young gunslinger who gets to kiss the heroine. But not even the cast can help this failed project. Raimi brings a lot of razzle-dazzle to his camera work, but it doesn't make the film any more substantial. --Tom Keogh

Newest Review: ... want to fight, but is forced to by Herod. Ellen (Sharon Stone) is the main protagonist (heroine?). The stereotypical ... more

 ... gun-slinging silent stranger, apart from being a woman of course! She’s in town for the contest, but not just for the prize money. There are also a host of minor characters such as Ace, Spotted Horse, Sgt. Cantrell and Eugene; but some of them have to lose in the contest… Plot: **************************************** ********* Herod organises a quick draw contest with a prize of $123,000 for the winner and all the above participate. Although it sounds like a fairly typical western, with no real plot, there ...more

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Premium Review The Quick And The Dead (DVD): Quick on the Draw (654 words)
by - written on 29/07/01 (Very useful, 125 readings)
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Westerns may not appeal to everyone, but this is the modern version, far more in common with films like Young Guns II: Blaze of Glory and Desperado than those old films shown on weekday afternoons. That said this is Sam Raimi’s 1995 tribute to Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood, and has much in common with ‘spaghetti westerns’. Main characters: Herod (Gene Hackman) is a former outlaw who now controls the small frontier town. Everyone is terrified of him and his hired thugs and he extorts 50% taxes from the people in return for protection. He’s also the organiser of the quick draw contest that’s central to the movie. ...  Read the complete review

 
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