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2010 · drama · action · comedy

Gunless

Directed by William Phillips1h 29m2010

American gunslinger Sean Rafferty—aka The Montana Kid—is unable to find someone to duel in a Canadian town where no one understands the brutal code of the American Wild West.

Our read: Gunless (2010) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded drama · action · comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.

Movie DNA

Warm, kinetic, gentle drama / action, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.

ElsewhereIMDb6.44kRT40%
  • warm
  • brisk
  • gentle
  • redemptive
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Where the cast leads
DNA · twelve axes

How Gunless feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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What watching it is actually like.

“You want a gentle Canadian western comedy about a gunslinger in a no-duel town.”

ends warmyou’ll be fine aftersteady all the waygrips by minute 12attention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonight — You want gritty shootouts or dark western revisionism.

If Gunless is your film
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)
comic fish-out-of-water lawman in a quirky town
(if you prefer Canadian understatement)
The Frisco Kid (1979)
good-natured outsider navigating Wild West codes
(if you want a tougher edge)
The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)
cowardly or reluctant gunslinger learning to fit in
(unless broad 60s comedy turns you off)
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