Is this film dark and brutal ..yes but so was the era in which it is set. If you enjoy a good western of a realistic nature ignore reviews ( even mine ) watch it and make up your own mind.
Same old same old western tale of the good little man having to take up the gun in order to defeat the baddies and defend hearth and home.
This version takes darkness to extremes, literally. You need good eyesight to understand what is going on at times.
John Cusack is always good value, though here he just needs to look pale and menacing by candlelight.
Emile Hirsch, so good in Into the Wild and Killer Joe, tries for the Brad Pitt Award for Terrible Irish Accent (and succeeds).
An extra star for the realistic settings and the Shane-like mud.
You need good eyesight to watch this dark & gloomy film.It may be realistic with its muddy squalor but it does not make an enjoyable
experience.Cusack is good as always but seems to have put on a lot of weight-fat face! Ending predictable, not much of a plot.Colours
Autumnal -no Hollywood technicolour here.