Quite good but something was lacking.

Rating: 7/10 (26 January 2009)

I enjoy my westerns. I quite enjoyed this one, but something seemed to be missing. I felt it fell down in the second act, and got a bit messy there.
It did however manage to recover and ended strongly. Seemed to lack direction in the middle, not from the director, but just, as too where it was going.
Strong performances from both Crowe and Slater, which when they came together, really picked the film up. They played off each other well.
Nice effects and shot well. Pretty good, but I think modern Western's need something extra to lift them. Classic case of a slight lack of pacing in the second act.
Well worth a view though.