Academy Award-nominee Viggo Mortensen ("A History of Violence," "The Lord of the Rings" franchise) stars as Everett Hitch and Academy Award-nominee and Golden Globe-winner Ed Harris ("A Beautiful Mind," "The Truman Show") stars as Virgil Cole in this Western directed by Harris himself. The paths of two gunmen tracking an escaped murderer and that of a beautiful, dangerous widow with an agenda of her own collide in the lawless western town of Appaloosa. In Appaloosa, they find a small, dusty town suffering at the hands of a renegade rancher with so little regard for the law that he has taken supplies, horse and women for his own and left the city marshal and one of his deputies for dead. Cole and Hitch, itinerant lawmen, are used to cleaning up after opportunistic thieves, but this time they find an unusually wily adversary--one who raises the stakes not by playing with the rules, but with emotions.
Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.
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Good movie, except for ZellwegerThis is a great western. Zellweger is so awful it seems it'll burn through the screen any time the camera points at her. Besides that, the duo is great, the dialog is good, photography striking, a good entertaining western..Score: 5/5
ThurstonPorbably one of the worst westerns I have ever seen. So bad that I feel resentful for having spent two hours of my life watching it. Terrible writing, poor directing - a totally implausible script and, to top it off, a laughably bad performance by Renee Zellweger. To be fair to her, though, no actress should ever be asked to deliver such absolutely trite lines as the writers packed into this script..Score: 1/5
Not a real westernThis movie was pretty bad. I finished it, but just barely. The dialogue is forced, the acting mediocre, and the sets were terrible. For instance it is asinine to portray an elite gunslinger toting around an eight gauge shotgun everywhere. Or how every time the main character has dialogue with his Sweetheart it always begins with her name. Jesus. Even down to the real irritating details (they were supposed to be in the western frontier but are often seen sipping on red wine like they are in the Napa valley). If you like westerns, stay away. If you like cliche pieces of garbage, spend away!.Score: 2/5
FANTASTIC Movie, Great WesternPlenty of Negative stuff up here to choose from, I’m going to address some of them; -“it’s Slow, Boring, Lacks Action, etc. Well not every Western needs to be filmed & cut like an MTV Video folks. These people I suppose would Also say Clint Eastwood’s “Unforgiven”had the same failings? Not much shooting or fighting, more Drama set in the old west (never mind it was one of the highest praised films ever) -one of my favorites was “Ed Harris doesn’t seem to “Connect” with the other cast members” … Uhmm, his role is that of a hard lawman who doesn’t get close to anyone, He’s not supposed to break into song or grin from ear to ear in this role. -The actors all do excellent jobs with their parts, and I frankly was Very Impressed with Harris’s Directing given the more somber, thoughtful and dramatic demands of the film. -If a “Good Western” for you is something you leave playing in the background while you fix dinner in the kitchen? This is not your movie, you need to Watch, Listen and pay attention. If you skip some or sleep thru part of it, don’t expect it to make sense when you tune back in. -Lastly, in concert with my last comment, one person complained of the film not making sense most particularly as the “Bad Guy” suddenly became the “Good Guy” then they shot him anyway “for no apparent reason”… Personally I knew why anyway, but even if you missed the why yourself, Viggo does a voice over as he rides off into the sunset that SAYS WHY he shot the Bad/Good Guy… who was never really a “Good” guy but a very bad guy who beat the court case and came back and PLAYED NICE to win over the simple minded town folk who could be easily fooled into thinking he was really good and allow him to get rid of the Marshall and his Deputy. I guess it wasn’t Only the town folk that were so easily fooled??.Score: 5/5
Old School WesternIt’s a fascinating world that Mr. Harris has created. A time when the West was wild and unforgiving and was inhabited by a few mythic men not afraid to kill or be killed for what they believed was right. John Ford would be proud,.Score: 5/5
Very different "western"It is not your typical western genre flick. I feel most of the lowball reviews on here are due to the atypical nature of this movie. It's more than a "shoot-'em-up, save the girl, kill bad guy" western that your used to. For that, I am grateful. I love the fore mentioned style of movie...but change (like this) isn't always bad. Check it out. You may like it. Hell, you may even learn something. But pay close attention to the gestures, storyline, and mood or the movie will fly over your head. It's not that hard to get but it does take some thought and attention..Score: 5/5
Horrible!Terrible acting, regrettable casting, exceeded only by pathetic dialog. Words cannot describe how bad this movie is - keep looking!.Score: 1/5
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You will love it if you like Parker's Cole and Hitch seriesI enjoyed the movie because I read Parker's series involving Cole and Hitch. Therefore, I knew their backgrounds. I wish "Cole" had narrated the movie to explain why Hitch did some of the things he did. It would have given it more depth. I've seen the technique before (Magnum, Burn Notice). I always like it when bad guys die at the end and the good guys go on to the next "Town Marshal" job..Score: 4/5
A bad movie, simply putSorry Ed Harris but the only redeeming factor was Vigo's acting. Bad plot & script etc etc....Score: 2/5
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