Rent Appaloosa (2008)
3.3 of 5 from 239 ratings
1h 50min
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- Synopsis:
- In marshal Virgil Cole and deputy Everett Hitch's line of work, you shoot quick, you shoot clean and you reload straightaway. No feelings. Feelings get you killed. Paired as rivals in A History of Violence, Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen stand together as friends and for-hire peacekeepers Cole and Hitch in a character-driven, bullet-hard Western based on Robert B. Parker's novel. As the woman who arrives in town with only a dollar and a keen sense of survival, Renee Zellweger adds feelings - those things that can get you killed - to a quest to bring murderer Randall Bragg (Jeremy Irons) to justice. Blood will spill in the town called Appaloosa.
- Actors:
- Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Renée Zellweger, Robert Jauregui, Jeremy Irons, Timothy V. Murphy, Luce Rains, James Tarwater, Boyd Kestner, Gabriel Marantz, Benjamin Rosenshein, Cerris Morgan-Moyer, James Gammon, Timothy Spall, Tom Bower, Erik J. Bockemeier, Freddie Hice, Neil Summers, Tim Carroll, Bounthanh Xaynhachack
- Directors:
- Ed Harris
- Writers:
- Robert Knott, Ed Harris
- Studio:
- Entertainment In Video
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama
- Collections:
- Brando: A Centenary Celebration, Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Renée Zellweger, People of the Pictures
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- Unknown
- Run Time:
- 120 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 5.1, English Dolby TrueHD 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Behind the scenes
- Commentaries
- Bringing the characters to life
- Historic accuracy
- The town of Appaloosa
- Dean Semler's return to the western
- Additional footage / Deleted Scenes
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Reviews (5) of Appaloosa
A fine entry in the class of 2008. - Appaloosa review by CP Customer
A decent modern take on western and one that managed to keep me entertained until the very end. Initially I believed that this was nothing more than two law guns for hire tracking down a sheriff killer and bringing him to justice. Yet the film produces memorable twists and performances to warrant your attention. Even Zellweger is ideally cast and not too annoying as she can often be. Viggo Mortensen turns another understated effort, being the brains of the outfit, with Jeremy Irons installing his customary presence in the role of the main villain.
Directed by Ed Harris it is an extremely promising effort in one of the blandest of genres. By that I mean its very difficult to bring something new to the Western, this is no El Topo or violent epic yet the fact that Harris has managed to deliver a refreshing film is praise in itself. Arguably more could have been made of the landscape as in Seraphim Falls, but that will come from experience.
6 out of 10 members found this review helpful.
Excellent - Appaloosa review by CP Customer
The attention to detail and cinematography make this film watchable alone. Add the quirky and wonderful performances by the main perfomers and this is should become a classic.
3 out of 4 members found this review helpful.
Nostalgia only - Appaloosa review by JD
I had not appreciated how unfashionable the Western genre was until I watched this. Why? Well it is all about bravado and mysogamy, dusty horses and whiskey. There are superheroes and desired dames, is it so different from Bond or so many others? I think it that the Wild West is not a reality easy to identify with. I haven't watched a Western for a long while and although this is a good one I won't watch another for a while.
0 out of 3 members found this review helpful.