1995 · western · action
The Quick and the Dead (1995)
Directed by Sam Raimi1h 47m1995
A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over by a notorious gunman.
Our read: The Quick and the Dead (1995) (1995) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded western · action entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, extreme western / action, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- kinetic
- extreme
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