2014 · drama · western · revenge
The Salvation
Directed by Kristian Levring1h 32m2014
In 1870s America, a peaceful American settler kills his family's murderer which unleashes the fury of a notorious gang leader. His cowardly fellow townspeople then betray him, forcing him to hunt down the outlaws alone.
Our read: The Salvation (2014) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · western · revenge entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / western, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- intense
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