True Grit (2010) Featuring the breakout performance by a young Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit tells the tale of a hardened bounty hunter tale with a highly intelligent and inquisitive young girl by his side.Ī remake of it’s predecessor in 1969, True Grit (2010) was a film most people were nervous about. The films we have chosen I believe display this best – that it truly was a horrible time to be alive and that the people who were unlucky enough to exist in it were a blended mix of good and evil but all were tough as nails.
In reality, these lines were far more blurred – things were not black and white but rather a much more grey area. The Wild West is a turbulent and chaotic part of America’s history often disguised under the idea of good cowboys vs bad outlaws or the rightful North versus the slaver South. For your flops think The Lone Ranger (2013) or The Magnificent Seven (2016), and for your successes you have Django Unchained (2012) and a surprisingly successful A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014).įor this list though, we have tried to look at what makes a truly good modern western and what tells a satisfactory tale about what life was like back all those years ago. What we have had since then are either huge flops or massive successes. Once idolised and the pinnacle of cinema in the 1960s and early 70s, Westerns faced a decline through the late 80s and 90s only to face a revival shortly after the early 2000s. If you want a show with depth and/or an intricate plot this is not it.īe sure to check out our other Movie Reviews HERE and share in the comments what movies you think we should review in the future.The graveyard genre of movies, the Western. If that is what you are looking for then give this movie a try. Lee Min Ho is hot and he is pretty when beating people up despite the dubbed voice being a tad distracting. I am sure he was evil, but I couldn’t get past how much he looked like a wannabe kpop idol to really care about his plotting. The whole character just didn’t work for me from start to finish. Hence, he goes on a bomb induced rampage across Asia in an attempt to destroy what took his Father’s interest away from him. Tommy is a chaebol heir who decides to go bomb happy due to his daddy issues. However, the bad guy was so over the top super villain that I totally lost interest once he was introduced into the story. They fit the roles they were supposed to play so I don’t really have anything to say good or bad. I was indifferent to most of the characters. The locations jumped around so much I wondered if the movie was a huge Product Placement for the tourism industry? Sure it was pretty, but more plot and less sightseeing would have been preferred. Either way, I enjoyed watching him beat up the bad guys much more than anytime he had to talk or attempt to connect with the leading lady.Īlso, there were times it felt like we were on a tour of Asia rather than focused on the storyline. I am not sure if it is because I kept getting distracted by the dubbed voice or it just didn’t work. The bad is that some of Lee Min Ho’s humorous moments fell flat. I found him entertaining despite his slightly doofish personality. The good is that Wallace Chung shined as the goofy, always talking, sidekick. Well……… first off I should mention that it was a lot cheesier than I was expecting. Everything was very vibrant and fast paced which is just what you want when watching a movie that relies on its action to carry the plot. It was like I was watching a glossy magazine pictorial in movie form.
The action sequences were really well done.
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