Review of Jane Got a Gun (2015) by Richard S — 29 May 2018

As far as westerns go, this was ok but it adds nothing new to the genre. Considering the title I expected this to be a female led western revenge tale but Jane still finds herself turning to a man for help and although as the title suggests, she does indeed have a gun, it isn't fired often enough, that task is left to Joel Edgerton playing the gunsligner she hires to protect her family. The other let down is Ewan McGregor's villain, he does an average job on villain duties, I just wish they hadn't made him up to look like a pantomime villain, complete with twirling moustache.

The greatest strength to this western is the back story between Jane, her husband and the gunslinger. We see through various flashbacks how each of the characters are connected and I felt this added some much needed depth to the story. It was entertaining enough but won't rank high up in my favourite westerns.