Six Reasons Why
In a desolate place called the Badlands, four men stand off with guns drawn, their fingers ready at the trigger. Among them are a fugitive seeking redemption, a son out to avenge his father's murder, a loyal servant with a secret and a murderous criminal hired to kill with a vengeance. This is their story...in a place where revenge, deception and cruelty are a way of life.
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- Cast:
- Mads Koudal , Colm Feore
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Very disappointing...
I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.
I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
I came to this movie without any preconceived notions or expectations. I don't usually watch westerns (I don't think Shanghai Noon or My Name Is Nobody would be considered as such by the great and the good!) but as I like Matt & Jeff Campagna's style, I thought it was worth a look.The movie opens with the four main protagonists in a situation where you just KNOW someone will get shot. What is going on? How did they get here? These questions are answered as the movie progresses, and even though you are expecting a twist, you will not guess what that twist is ultimately revealed to be! I must admit, I wasn't sure what to expect of this movie, I didn't know if a "Post Apocalyptic Western" was going to be to my taste. Well, if this offering from the Campagna Brothers is anything to go by, I can't wait to see the next Internext Studios production! The desert location, the western-style characters, the preacher, the secret town, all add to the story, which is well written, well told, and very engaging. I watched out of curiosity, but I'll watch again just to enjoy the movie again! I don't want to spoil your enjoyment of this movie by revealing too much. However, I must say that even though they claim it was made on a "shoestring" budget, and sometimes that is noticeable, it doesn't detract from the story, or from the way it's told. The cast do a great job, and I would highly recommend it.
The overt mythic qualities of Six Reason Why nearly suffocate the agile and action-based story line that concerns cowboys laying down the law of the land with their six shooters. Long moments are spent showing the cowboys guns fingered into readiness as they face each other down; characters peer at each other from beneath the brim of their hats; the only horse in the film gets long camera takes almost as if as a separate character his appearance states a certain truth about the place this film holds in the Western myth.The filmmakers eschew any semblance of character goal-achieving objectivity by locating the essence of their tale in storytelling and a dialogue-driven re-affirmation of the code of the old west, with more than a few twists and turns to renovate the film vehicle into a post-modern parable told and retold in flashback as with each successive plot point we go into each character's past to see how they have arrived at the present place in the tale. The overt concept that the Nomad uses as motivation for dispatching his prey is nebulous and without an objective correlative that identifies it must be found in the viewer as part of the baggage he brings to the film from seeing just this kind of western before.
... have I been this disappointed in a supposed breakthrough low budget Indie.This film is a bit of a stretch I'd say. Casting a bunch of fresh-faced 20 somethings with new beards, earrings, and barely a grasp of cowboy dialect doesn't do much for a film billing itself as a Western. The convoluted narrative left me with a total lack of interest about halfway through the film. The score was pretty good, cinematography decent, but I'm sorry, I just couldn't make it to the end. Next time, try tailoring your script to fit better with the resources you have available.
It takes place in the future, but that's just a time frame. Of the fact that it's in the future you will only see TWO visual hints. I won't name 'em.This is a western that harks to old Eastwood 'Fistful of dollars' style but done 21st centurywise. The Directing and camera work is done spare and elegant. You start off thinking it's being done cheap-- but it isn't. The creators have an innate feel and understanding of what the adult 'Western' sought to illuminate.The focus are the Men and their Pasts, All strangers meeting in the desert. And the Desert as a crucible from which the Truth and Survival is forged.There are no spoilers here, that would be an insult to the film's creators. . .So have a brew or a glass ready nearby and Watch the movie. And just try to figure out who is Who. The ending WILL surprise you.