Review of The Salvation (2014) by Tristan M — 01 Jan 2016
From the trailer I was expecting a fairly good western, yet I was a bit disappointed to tell the truth. It has the standard western story, going after some bad guy who killed someone the main character loved.
The overall look of the movie felt a little low budget, which is ok yet not ideal. The script and acting were both good, but not exceptional, and it felt as though there was a lack of emotion from the main character even when his wife and son were both killed.
The action wasn't bad at all, the sound effects could have been louder and a bit better I guess, but it was more the poor blood and bullet impact effects that hampered the action scenes. They weren't terrible by any means, but just felt cheap and unfinished.
The pace could've been a bit faster, and more eventful, the story wasn't quite enough to save that. The last battle however was pretty cool, fun watch, although it still suffered from the same action problems as the rest, the larger scale and other improvements made it more exciting.
Overall a decent movie, not at all anything special in the western category, or action category, but its cool that it involved the untold story of Norwegian settlers in the west, although I don't know how true to real events it would be.
This review of The Salvation (2014) was written by Tristan M on 01 Jan 2016.
The Salvation has generally received positive reviews.
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