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Liked it, except for the lead actress and kid


Anything with Shea Whigham is going to be at least good in my book. Enjoyed the sparse mise-en-scène, aside from the odd overuse of wide angle close-ups.

Alas, two of the main characters were freaking annoying af. The woman actually finds her "magic warrior-guide" and then proceeds to pester him relentlessly and any time he instructs her to do something for their own safety, she does the opposite and gets them in trouble.

I actually liked the kid character at first, but in he third act 70% of his dialogue was "Mr. Reed!" and "Where's my mom?" Got a little tiresome.

It's got good violence, suspense and dialogue. Keep expectations in check and it should scratch a violent western itch.

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I started watching it solely for Betty Gilpin, but I have to agree that her character was annoying because she wouldn't listen when warned. For me the show was okay, but not overly great. I thought The English with Emily Blunt had more cruel violence than this did.

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Hadn't even heard of that, so that might get watched soon. Thanks!

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