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Posted by tinear on October 6, 2008 at 13:17:48:
simplicity.
Ed is a poor director, period. This stricly is by the numbers boring directing.
And Ed is NO leading actor, either. He certainly can't carry a film. He looks just like what he always has: an aging high school football star.
Viggo I also elevated to a high status after that gripping portrayal as the Russian hit man in "Eastern Promises." But.... in this film, he does nothing more memorable than polish his shotgun barrel, endlessly. No good lines, no memorable anything except for the stance in the final shootout.
Jeremy Irons, rather unbelievably, showed some great skill with a rifle in the beginning and then, in a critical scene, couldn't hit a standing target? But I'm being unfair in analyzing this film.
It's a good, entertaining popcorn film, no more.
The very limited "Open Range" was superior because of the rapport between its principals, even though I'm no fan of either one of them.