It is a UK-Italian-German-Spanish-Macedonian spaghetti western.
Yup, that might
actually be the best way to sum this one up!
It’s actually pretty good, a nice mix of action, sex, and a hint of artistic flourish that you love in the cool spaghetti westerns of the 1970’s, although this one was released in 2001. The narrative structure has been described as Cubist; it hops time frames and viewpoints like mad. At first you might not realize you are watching a western, but hang in there!
Joseph Fiennes (Shakespeare in
Love and every historical drama you loved) and David Wenham (Lord of the Rings,
300, Van Helsing, etc) star, which is way more acting chops than you might
expect. The story interestingly starts
in the American west then ends up in the Balkan Wars of the early 1900s (and
you may recall that pre-9/11 the Balkans were center of armed conflict,
genocide, and geopolitical posturing between crumbling superpowers, whereas
today most people either can’t find them on a map or vaguely know that Donald
Trump’s 3rd wife is from there).
Great acting in
an art film / western with sex and gunfights
Go see it already!
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