Watched the live streaming premier of this real-time tonight (well - MOSTLY real-time as I had to pause a couple of times).
I was concerned that after all the well-wishes & positive vibes from Gina's supporters (myself included) that this might not be as good as we all hoped for. I shouldn't have worried.
Opens strong (and shocking!), is then followed by a VERY slow 15 minutes of family character-building, but then really grabs you by the balls.
I'm generally not that big a fan of westerns, and it takes something special to make me watch - but with this having Gina . . . it was a no-brainer. She is a DAMN fine actress.
The rest of the cast (no matter how long they are on the screen) are very VERY convincing.
Nothing terribly original about the plot . . . this was an old-school western . . . but with a more modern/realistic take RE the violence & intensity . . . so much so that I found myself physically shaking during some of the scenes.
Realistically portrayed by everyone concerned, not standard Hollywood fodder and no standard Hollywood exaggerations. The last westerns that grabbed me like this were Eastwood's "Unforgiven" and Kurt Russell's "Bone Tomahawk". I could probably include "The Hateful Eight" here too, but that is in a league of it's own.
I'll definitely be watching this again.
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