Could have been SO much better

Rating: 3/10 (23 December 2015)

To start with, this is at least an hour too long. But beyond that, it is relentlessly, needlessly violent - way more violent and gory than it needs to be to tell the story. And the story is pretty good, which makes it a shame that the tone of the flick overshadows everything else. I kept thinking it HAS to get good, right? So I stayed, even though I kept checking my watch and almost walked out many times. It was visually stunning, but soooooooo slow. The exact same story could have been told in 90 minutes, with lots of killing, but less gore, and STILL have kept you on the edge of your seat trying to figure out who the bad guys were.
If you like seeing heads explode, and gallons upon gallons of fake blood, then this is your movie. If you want a good western, rent High Noon.