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2.60/4

# of Ratings:

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Genres:

Western

Rating:

R

Language:

English

DVD Release:

01/13/2009

Director:

Ed Harris

Actors:

Ed Harris
Jeremy Irons
Timothy V. Murphy
Boyd Kestner
Viggo Mortensen
James Gammon

 

 

 

 

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Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch arrive in Appaloosa to deal with Randall Bragg, a rancher with money and power who has run of the town. Things are complicated by the arrival of Allison French, a refined widow who threatens to divide the two men. -- Chris aka Tarkin

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Chris aka Tarkin 08/23/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

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2.5/4 

Moves slow, but I liked the cast. There's nothing new here for Western fans, but it's worth at least one watch.

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Essi Suomela 05/27/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

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2.5/4 

I enjoyed watching this film because of the great cast, but there is nothing special about it. Not rememberable at all.

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Alex 10/30/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

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2/4 

Not what I expected. It was slow, bad acted, and had too many low budget feeling to it (bad musical score, bad sound, and poor set). Looking back though it had some good parts. If you LOVE westerns, you may enjoy this one. I didn't.

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  patandcougar
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02/28/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

New Mexico looks fun

A pretty solid directorial effort from Ed Harris. This Western surprised me at times, with the story going in directions I wasn't anticipating. The score is a little too stereotypical Western but other than that, I was pretty engaged. Zellweger and Irons do a good job of creating supporting characters that easily could have been Western cliches. Some really beautiful scenery and cinematography as well. The ending is a little abrupt but overall I liked it.

Rating of
3/4 

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  Super and Mik
Super and Mik
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02/27/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

SLLLOOOWWW

Well lets just start of with the words "HOLY SLOW".... I never been a big fan of westerns, but decided that I should give it a try after a recommendation from a "friend" or a person who was my friend untill he made that recomedation. So yeah it takes place in the desert in the town called ...,you will never guess, "Appaloosa" where the great duo takes on the gang of bad guys to save the town. There is a chick that come to town and she turns out to be whore.... and a waste of time. But somehow manages to stick around thru the whole movie. The movie has few shooting scenes, but it definetly lags in that department. It would earned at least another half star from me if they would have added 3 or 4 more shooting scenes. There are horses in this movie if you are intrested as well as bad acti...

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1/4 

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  Franz Patrick
Franz Patrick
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12/30/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Felt Empty

Western is my least favorite genre so I’m probably not the best person to listen to when it comes to reviewing a western film. I’m most familiar with modern westerns like “Brokeback Mountain,” “No Country for Old Men,” and “There Will Be Blood.” However, I know how to ascertain and elucidate why I like or dislike a movie. “Appaloosa” did not work for me for two main reasons: it lacked focus to be thoroughly engaging and it did not have enough material to tell an insightful story. While Ed Harris (who also wrote and directed the film) and Viggo Mortensen did a good job in their respective roles, I felt like their relationship wasn’t explored enough. Were they merely friends or are they more like brothers? Although the tone of the film is masculine, most great westerns that I’ve seen leave ...

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Ed Harris stars in and directed this wonderful adaptation of the Robert Parker novel, Appaloosa. Ed tried to interest Hollywood moguls in producing it but they don't like westerns so he made it himself, like Costner staring in, directing, and putting up the money for Open Range because Hollywood wouldn't touch it. It would be politically incorrect to delve into why Hollywood won't make westerns.

Appaloosa was filmed in Texas and New Mexico so it looks, feels, like the real thing - and it is. This is a straight-up western tale like the westerns of yesteryear, but with better production values. If you like westerns you'll love it. If you don't like westerns you will still find it hard to criticize.

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I just saw the trailer on this.  I really enjoy westerns and Ed Harris but I don't seen anything great coming from this.  Maybe just another open range:


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