Review of The Salvation (2014) by Normand R — 25 Jun 2016

While it doesn't add all that much that is new to the Western genre it is still a great effort and is easily one of my favorites from the post-heyday of the Western. With brilliant performances, brutal violence, beautiful cinematography, a decent score and a bare to the bone script this is a slightly cliched and slightly flawed film (the CGI fire for instance doesn't cut it) that is still engrossing and shocking to watch which manages to balance the brutality of the time with the beauty of the relatively untouched landscape.