Flat variation on the so called "Homage" genre

Rating: 4/10 (13 December 2011)

This movie, or so I've read, has to been seen in a certain perspective.
It's meant to be an homage to a certain genre of 70's/80's flicks in which the silent man with no name who has a possibly violent past kicks the behinds of evil crime lords who want to evict the really nice family from their premises. Like in "Shane", but different. In the sense that this is kind of bad.
The first 10 minutes where promising, showing off with camera angles, riders and the lot. Acting wise, there's not a whole lot wrong with it, it's the directing or perhaps editing that killed the momentum. It's just too slow at times. After a while though, the camera tricks (especially the dramatic riders, zooms and extended no motion close-ups) tend to annoy you just enough to stay awake for the unnecessarily complicated, but still boring storyline.
Edit: I will watch this film another time. There have been films in the past that I didn't like the first time, including "Full Metal Jacket". So maybe I just don't recognize a masterpiece first time I see it.
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