The Quick and the Dead
1995
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Director: Sam Raimi
Cast: Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, Leonardo Di Caprio
The town of Redemption hosts a brutal gunfighting competition which attracts both good and bad guys. Sam Raimi attempts to spice up his hackneyed western with some visual gags (the sun shines through bullet holes), but he cannot hide the fact how repetitive and predictable the story is. The endless identical quick draw fights consume two thirds of the running time.
