Here is a review of a great film that is still showing in most theaters around the country:
*Appaloosa (2008), directed and written by Ed Harris (screenwritten by Ed Harris and Robert Knott, based on the novel by Robert B. Parker), and starring the most amazing cast... Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Jeremy Irons, and Renee Zellweger. This film joins 3:10 to Yuma in the "best new western" category, as far as I am concerned. Jeremy Irons makes a dastardly (yes, dastardly) villain, and Zellweger presents a very complex and controversial leading lady. These fellas are supreme cowboys, and I haven't seen a dynamic western duo like Harris and Mortensen since the fabulous Val Kilmer teamed up with Kurt Russell in Tombstone (1993),
which not only gave us the definitive portrayal of Doc Holiday, but also gave the viewing populous yet another chance to stare at the-wonder-that-is-Sam Elliot. I mean, who doesn't love that guy?
This movie further confirms my feeling that the western is one of the greatest film genres ever, and that the demand for tougher, grittier, good-bad-and-uglier-movies is greater than ever!! This film gets two pistols and a shotgun all the way up!! Yee-haw!
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