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Quick and the Dead, The (1995)


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Three out of Five

Movie

Rating: R
Length: 107 minutes

Video

Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Fullscreen Color

Audio

ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 2.0
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Mono

Captions

English, French

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Plot

There's a little old town in the old west that runs a Quick Draw Competition. This town, like most towns in movie westerns, is run by a bad man (Hackman). A woman (Stone) rides into town with an agenda, due to her past, and enters the contest.

Pros

This movie has a simple plot with a number of interesting turns but its strongest feature of this movie are the actors starring in it. Honestly, has Hackman ever done a bad film? And for those of you that are members of the DiCaprio Haters Club, a club I'm a member of from time-to-time, you shouldn't have any problems with him in this film.

Cons

Eyes! You will have numerous close-up views of everyone's eyes. When they're not focusing in on people's eyes, you'll get plenty of close-ups of the clock.

Extras

  • Theatrical Trailer

Recommendation

This is an uncomplicated film that you won't take anything from but should enjoy nonetheless (even though it does have a very "Hollywood" type ending). I wish Gene Hackman would play more roles like this.

Director

Sam Raimi   [Army of Darkness, Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, The Gift, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2]

Actors

Tobin Bell - Dog Kelly
[Saw/II/III/IV]
Roberts Blossom - Doc Wallace
[Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Escape From Alcatraz, Home Alone]
Mark Boone Junior - Scars
[2 Fast 2 Furious, 30 Days of Night, Batman Begins, Memento, Vampires]
Kevin Conway - Eugene Dred
[Gettysburg, Gods and Generals]
Russell Crowe - Cort
[A Beautiful Mind, American Gangster, Gladiator, The Insider, L.A. Confidential, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Romper Stomper]
Keith David - Sgt. Clay Cantrell
[Armageddon, Chronicles of Riddock, Crash, Mr & Mrs Smith, Pitch Black, Platoon, The Puppet Masters, The Thing, Transporter 2, Volcano]
Leonardo DiCaprio - Fee Herod "The Kid"
[The Aviator, The Departed, Gangs of New York, The Man in the Iron Mask, Titanic]
Gene Hackman - John Herod
[Bonnie and Clyde, Crimson Tide, The French Connection, Hoosiers, Mississippi Burning, The Poseidon Adventure, Superman I/II/IV, Unforgiven]
Lance Henriksen - Ace Hanlon
[Alien vs Predator, Aliens, Damien: Omen II, Dead Man, Near Dark]
Pat Hingle - Horace
[Batman, Batman and Robin, Batman Begins, Batman Returns, Hang'Em High, Truman]
Gary Sinise - The Marshal
[Apollo 13, Forrest Gump, The Green Mile, Mission to Mars, Truman]
Sharon Stone - Ellen "The Lady"
[Basic Instinct, Casino, Catwoman, Cold Creek Manor, Sliver, Sphere, Total Recall]

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