Hammerman Ikon

Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

Seraphim Falls
2006
***½
Director: David Van Ancken
Cast: Liam Neeson, Pierce Brosnan, Michael Wincott, Ed Lauter, Xander Berkeley, Tom Noonan, Kevin J. O'Connor, John Robinson, Anjelica Huston, Angie Harmon

Three years after the Civil War, a group of men, led by a former Confederate officer Colonel Carver, chase a man named Gideon. With a gunshot wound in his arm, this resourceful man manages to outrun and outwit his pursuers in an endless chase which begins on the snowy mountains and ends in the burning desert. David Van Ancken's feature debut tells a classic revenge story in the form of a gripping and visually striking Western. It's like a road movie set in the Wild West, with some memorable and occasionally dreamlike stopovers on the way. Neeson and Brosnan give strong and charismatic lead performances.