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Appaloosa (2008) Certificate 15

Appaloosa
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Rated 3.0 stars
Average rating
(62%)
 
Starring: Viggo Mortensen | Renee Zellweger | Ed Harris | Jeremy Irons | Timothy Spall | Lance Henriksen | Luce Rains | Tom Bower | Girard Swan | Ariadna Gil
Director: Ed Harris
Studio: ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO
Run time: 108 mins
Collections: 100 Hot Hits | 100 Wild Westerns
Genres: Action/Adventure
Languages: English
Released: February 02, 2009
Also available on: Also Available on: blu_ray

When two gunmen, Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch, arrive in Appaloosa they find a small, dusty and lawless town suffering at the hands of renegade rancher Randall Bragg. Bragg has not only taken supplies, horses and women for his own, but also has left the city marshal and a deputy for dead. In Bragg they find an unusually wily adversary who raises the stakes by playing with emotions. It is now up to Cole and Hitch to stand against the actions of the renegade rancher, which have already taken their toll on the town.

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143 out of 150 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 5 stars
superb.......................

williamsgwynfa from , 4th October, 2008

This dvd is superb. Appaloosa is a Western film based on novel Appaloosa by crime writer Robert B. Parker. It stars Ed Harris (who also directs the film), and Viggo Mortensen (of Lord Of The Rings fame). Appaloosa is centred around lawman Virgil Cole (played by Ed Harris) and his sidekick Everett Hitch (played by Viggo Mortensen), who are two friends who are hired to defend a lawless 1880s town from a murderous rancher - Randall Bragg (played by Jeremy Irons). Their efforts are disrupted and their friendship is tested by the arrival of an attractive widow - Allie French (played by Renée Zellweger of Bridget Jones fame). Well worth watching.

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16 out of 16 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 1 stars
Boring

alisonmobley from , 15th March, 2009

Very slow cowboy film in which barely anything happens except at the beginning and at the end.I wish I hadnt bothered with this because of the lack of action.

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13 out of 13 people found the following review helpful:

*** May contain spoilers ***


Rated 2 stars
Deja-vu again!

Maynard from , 9th March, 2009

What a let down. Seen it all before, many, many times. Bad rancher kills the town marshall, new guys come in to sort it out, complicated by a woman and weak towns people, but win in the end and one rides off into the sunset. Yawn!! Now tell me that hasn't been done countless times before!!!!

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10 out of 10 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 4 stars
Solid, old fashioned western

JHawk from , 12th March, 2009

This Ed Harris-directed film clearly knows its place: it isn't attempting to be post-modern or contemporary in any way, its focus is on giving the viewer a solid, entertaining western. And what it does, it does very well. Adapted from the novel by American pulp legend, Robert B. Parker, the film is about two lawmen for hire, Virgil Cole (an impressive Ed Harris) and Everett Hitch (the ever-awesome Viggo Mortensen), who are employed by the elders of the small town of Appaloosa (amongst them Timothy Spall), to clean up the streets from the menace of Randall Bragg (a restrained villainous turn by Jeremy Irons), a wealthy rancher, and his gang of rowdy ranch-hands. This is the wild west of the late 1880s, and is a time of expansion and big money, and agaisnt this thematic backdrop the film examines the rigours of male friendship, as Virgil and Everett do what they do best: keep the law. Mrs French (a peculiar, unsatisfying turn by Renee Zellwegger) appears on the scene, and quickly falls for Virgil's gruff charms - but is an easily distracted woman, running off with whichever 'king stallion' is around, be it one of Virgil's old rivals, Ring Shelton (a great small role for the evergreen Lance Henriksen) or the slimy Bragg. This is a great reminder of how enjoyable westerns can be when they're made by film-makers who understand the genre, and Ed Harris certainly knows what he's doing. His direction is confident, unrushed and assured, resulting in a very entertaining film, complete with some excellent central performances.

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Rated 0 stars
A waste of 2 hours of my life

Lees from , 8th March, 2010

Very slow & tedious film, I kept thinking it would start to pick up but it never did. I'm no movie critic but I know what entertains me & this didn't. I recommend you don't bother with this film.

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Rated 3 stars
Appaloosa

mattyp91 from , 3rd March, 2010

Great film - both leads are terrific - wonderfully shot and expertly paced. If you liked Open Range then this is for you. Probably the only negative for me is Renee Zellweger - personally I'm not overly keen on her as an actress and get annoyed by her permanently scrunched up eyes (looks like she is looking into the sun without sunglasses on). Although I appreciated what her character was there to do - I didn't find her character that engaging and think a more earthy actress - such as Annette Benning in Open Range - would have provided a better love interest.

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Rated 1 stars
nothing

hitch1983 from , 12th February, 2010

nothing of any significance happened in this film its 2 and a bit hours of nothing.

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Rated 1 stars
APPALOOSA

A Customer from edinburgh, 8th February, 2010

Dissapointing western which drags a fair and seems burdened with a rather stale and at times odd script . The casting of renee zellweger as the romantic interest also backfired , she is unbelievably bad and unnatractive in the film and jeremy irons panto villain antics just make him look terribly miscast . This film (which was directed by ed harris the lead actor ) smacks of vanity project , theirs zero chemistry between him and viggo mortensen and despite the tips of the stetson to films like the unforgiven and high noon the film never really gets going , Indeed at times it seems like it was knocked together as they went along . Harris at times looks like hes playing it for laughs . Its an odd film and fans of westerns would be better off with something like 'deadwood' of which an average episode of , knocks this into a cocked hat . It was an effort to make it to the end .

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