The Salvation

A raw western, quiet and uncompromising like most of its characters. The only thing missing to make it perfect was to finish telling something - especially the brother's part of the story. Otherwise, of course, no reservations. Especially the final shootout was excellent and full of great ideas, but even until then there was still something interesting going on, the film basically didn't slow down from the opening credits, Mads Mikkelsen was damn charismatic and Eva Green in a silent role said it all with one look.___P.S. The reference to Once Upon a Time in the West in the kerosene lamp scene made me very happy. (03/10/2015)

Mads Mikkelsen sticks to his honest emotionless style and makes his way into the Wild West with colts stuffed with gunpowder. The fact that the Danes are shooting a western is already strange in itself. However, I must say that thanks to the stellar European cast, it did not turn out that bad. But the premise is very weak and the only thing interesting here are the locations and the filmmaking craft. I have a hard time with watching Western movies in general, so I give this a 3-star rating for now. But it is quite possible that when I get back to this in the future, I will add one more star. Seen based on the Challenge Tour 2015. (27/04/2015)

The best of Watchmen, Manchester United, a Bond girl, and the charismatic Mads Mikkelsen. It's a must-see just because of the amazing cast. Of course, it's a by-the-numbers affair that doesn't offer anything besides the actors and solid visuals, but it's clear from the first few minutes that it will be stylishly lethal, and you can even guess the order of who dies and in what form, which is not trivial coming from the Danes. (27/06/2015)

Film challenge in quarantine - favorite actress, Eva Green. I was just recently talking to a friend about the fact that the western genre has been one of the most neglected in recent years, if not the most neglected at all, or cinemas are not flooded with this genre as opposed to sci-fi, fantasy, or cheesy romances. That's why I enjoyed this Danish delicacy even more. After all, what other country could tackle it than Denmark, which can produce quality films of any genre, although of course I must not forget that it is a co-production film, so it is not purely a Danish matter. And my favorite actress? Even though the story does not revolve around her and her character, the focus is on Mads Mikkelsen, or rather Jeffrey Dean Morgan (excellent!), but which other actress would play the role of a Princess in such a context? Only Eva! At least I had the honor of seeing her without being undressed and speechless. And yet she managed to do her best and play beautifully with her eyes - someone once told me that I should watch the eyes of actors and actresses, that's how you can tell the professionals from the amateurs. And Eva always plays in the first league. It still holds true that for me, as one of the few or maybe the only one, she embodies the concept of perverse beauty... (19/04/2020)

Long live the modern western for still being alive. It might be somewhat surprising that this is a film from a Danish-British-South African co-production, but it doesn't change the fact that it's an excellent, gritty spectacle about revenge. And you'd think films like this would have run out of steam. They didn't, and Mads is great as a cowboy and a proper tough guy. (18/10/2014)