Chilled by his directing debut The Gift,and very impressed with the story he came up for the post-apocalypse film The Rover,I decided to look at co-writer/(along with Brian Duffield & Anthony Tambakis) lead actor Joel Edgerton IMDb credits,where I found out he had recently made a Western with Natalie Portman,which led to me getting ready to see Jane get her gun.
The plot:
Seeing her husband Bill Hammond return home filled with bullets from the Bishop Boys gang, Jane Hammond realises that they have tracked her down.Putting her child into hiding,Hammond decides to put an end to the gang.As Hammond places the fact that she will have to get her revenge on the Bishop Gang on her own,Jane's "long lost" fiancé Dan Frost rides into town.
View on the film:
Backed by a thumping score from Marcello De Francisci and Lisa Gerrard,director Gavin O'Connor (who replaced original director Lynne Ramsay,after Ramsay got sacked over not showing up,whilst cinematographer Darius Khondji and stars Michael Fassbender,Jude Law and Bradley Cooper all quit the film!) and cinematographer Mandy Walker grill a choice cut of Western pulp.Entering the salon 3 years after filming,O'Connor and Walker fans the flames of Jane's fight with the Bishop Boys gang by soaking the film in blazing yellow which locks a brittle atmosphere over the film.
Despite having to re-write the movie during production,the screenplay by Duffield/Tambakis & Edgerton does very well at setting up an uneasy alliance between Hammond and Frost,as flowing flashbacks reveal Frost's wild west adventures and the horrors that Hammond faces.Hanging in the background,the writers gradually bring the Brishop Boys to the front of the shooting range,as Jane gets her gun.
Joined by a grisly cameo from his brother Nash, Joel Edgerton gives a terrific performance as Frost,thanks to Edgerton softening Frost's husky image,as Frost and Hammond draw guns.Looking ultra-stylish in a long leather coat, Natalie Portman gives a great performance as Hammond,thanks to Portman peeling the gravitas of the horrors inflicted upon Hammond across the screen,which is wonderfully crossed with a bad ass grin,as Jane loads up her gun.
The plot:
Seeing her husband Bill Hammond return home filled with bullets from the Bishop Boys gang, Jane Hammond realises that they have tracked her down.Putting her child into hiding,Hammond decides to put an end to the gang.As Hammond places the fact that she will have to get her revenge on the Bishop Gang on her own,Jane's "long lost" fiancé Dan Frost rides into town.
View on the film:
Backed by a thumping score from Marcello De Francisci and Lisa Gerrard,director Gavin O'Connor (who replaced original director Lynne Ramsay,after Ramsay got sacked over not showing up,whilst cinematographer Darius Khondji and stars Michael Fassbender,Jude Law and Bradley Cooper all quit the film!) and cinematographer Mandy Walker grill a choice cut of Western pulp.Entering the salon 3 years after filming,O'Connor and Walker fans the flames of Jane's fight with the Bishop Boys gang by soaking the film in blazing yellow which locks a brittle atmosphere over the film.
Despite having to re-write the movie during production,the screenplay by Duffield/Tambakis & Edgerton does very well at setting up an uneasy alliance between Hammond and Frost,as flowing flashbacks reveal Frost's wild west adventures and the horrors that Hammond faces.Hanging in the background,the writers gradually bring the Brishop Boys to the front of the shooting range,as Jane gets her gun.
Joined by a grisly cameo from his brother Nash, Joel Edgerton gives a terrific performance as Frost,thanks to Edgerton softening Frost's husky image,as Frost and Hammond draw guns.Looking ultra-stylish in a long leather coat, Natalie Portman gives a great performance as Hammond,thanks to Portman peeling the gravitas of the horrors inflicted upon Hammond across the screen,which is wonderfully crossed with a bad ass grin,as Jane loads up her gun.