ThiefHott Too much of everything

Pluskylang Great Film overall

Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Mr-Fusion "Seraphim Falls" makes the most of its spare 20-minute opening, little more than an excuse to see Pierce Brosnan desperately fleeing Liam Neeson's nearing posse (honestly, the guy gets punished in all manner of ways, gunshot, wilderness, what-have-you). There's minimal dialogue, save for a few lines of Neeson's growl, which is cause enough to start running. The source of their shared acrimony is clearly established later on, but for a good half of the movie, it's an unfettered chase.And ultimately, it works, at least until the story starts winding down in the third act. By that point, the hatred's been clarified, some of the sadistic fun has gone and - one way or another - the conflict gets solved.It doesn't play like a conventional Western, and you could argue it's really an action movie. But not a bad one in either case.7/10

NateWatchesCoolMovies David Von Ancken's Seraphim Falls is Liam Neeson and Pierce Brosnan at their grizzled, violent, moody best, in a phenomenal western that went inexplicably overlooked back in 2006. Von Ancken is also the creator of AMC'S Hell On Wheels, and I strongly believe this is the film that set that idea in motion, a prequel even. Hell, Tom Noonan even shows up as the same preacher he went on to play in the show. Brosnan plays Gideon, an ex civil war soldier running for his life through a vast, unforgiving terrain. Pursuing him like the devil is Neeson as Carver, another ex soldier with one big bone to pick. The reasons for this relentless pursuit slowly become clear, as the lines between antagonist and protagonist blur into simply two humans who both made mistakes, and are paying dearly. Brosnan is a haunted shell of a man, emotionally torn to shreds and stripped of everything but a devil may care, bone and blood survival instinct. He has a few scenes that are his best work I've ever seen (this and Evelyn are his two top roles). Neeson outwardly locks in on a stony, determine calm, that only suggests the tormented typhoon raging beneath, his character using his bloody quest as some kind of solace, not knowing that's the last place it will lead. Seeing these two bosses of cinema go up against each other, in a western no less, is an enormous treat. The violence and fight scenes are bloody, visceral cascade of desperation and white knuckle fury, staged very realistically and really, really gory. Trust me this one earns the hell out of its R rating. The locations are just breathtaking, beginning in a snow dusted mountain peak, and descending through gorgeous pastures, rustic ranches, a railroad in construction, and finally a scorching desert, symbolizing the men's metamorphosis from cold seething hatred into hot blooded, sweaty emotion as the revelation at the end of the road draws near in a final confrontation of startling surprises and soul stinging emotion. The supporting cast is dotted with perfect talent, with committed work from Michael Wincott, Anjelica Huston, Kevin J. O Connor, Ed Lauter, Tom Noonan, Angie Harmon, Wes Studi and Xander Berkeley. If you enjoy intense, beautiful westerns and the work of these two genre titans, definitely check this out.

SnoopyStyle It's 1868. This starts in the Mountains of the west. Gideon (Pierce Brosnan) barely escapes a posse led by Carver (Liam Neeson). They chase him from the mountains down to the deserts. It doesn't really explain the reason for the manhunt until close to the end.That's the big premise of this movie. It dives right into a chase without telling the audience the why. There is a certain fascination. It's almost as if the reason doesn't matter. In a certain way, it almost doesn't. That's why the reveal is rather a minor disappointment. It could never really satisfy the build up. I think it would be more compelling if they never showed the explanation. The ending does get a bit too surreal especially since the movie never hints at that kind of bent.

Uriah43 Although this film may be classified as a "Western" it is actually a film about revenge and how it changes a person. It just happens to be in a "Western" setting. On the final days of the Civil War, Gideon (played by Pierce Brosnan) is tracking Confederate Colonel Carver (Liam Neeson) to discover what has happened to Carver's Confederate company and its cannon. Gideon eventually catches up to him but in the process inadvertently ends up killing Carver's wife and two children. Gideon is filled with regret and Colonel Carver is filled with rage. The story then continues to evolve with the last third of the movie becoming really strange and unpredictable. While both Pierce Brosnan and Liam Neeson performed their parts in their usual top-notch manner, it didn't seem to be the best role for either of them to display their talents. I thought the plot was somewhat disjointed and as the film progressed it became sort of weird and boring. In short, it would have been much better if the director (David Von Ancken) had concentrated on making a good movie instead of simply making a philosophical point.