Films/DVD Asylum

"Seraphim Falls"

24.91.201.202

rico

In this gritty post Civil War western, former rancher Liam Neeson tracks intrepid Pierce Brosnan thorough the wilderness with a hired posse. Brosnan's survival skills are impressive, and there's a couple of fire building scenes that put the Jack London story in its place. Only about 2/3 of the way through do we learn the reason for the relentless slow moving chase, which moves from the snowy mountains through forests and, eventually, to a desert setting not unlike the ending of "Greed". This one held my interest all the way through and I completely forgot that the two principles are Irish born. Brosnan easily sheds his Bond image and Neeson has never been more unrecognizable. A really good movie.

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I liked it too - DWPC 09:27:01 10/24/07 (1)
Got bad marks because it was too lean; didn't spoon feed viewers with drivel. Having two Irish pricipals isn't at all far fetched based on the extent of Irish participation in the Civil War on both sides, except that Nieson's character was a farmer and that wouldn't fit the Irish immigrant template. In the old westerns, everyone in those Westrern towns was a Hank or Slim or Zeke. In fact they were more often Paddy, Hans, or Luigi.

Don't taze me Bro!!
- RE: I liked it too - rico 10:05:21 10/24/07 (0)
  Yes, at one point Brosnan taunts one of his guards by calling him "Paddy", then a derogatory term.

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