Set in the Old West territory of New Mexico, Appaloosa revolves around a pair of hired guns (Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris) who come to clean up a dangerous town run by a ruthless, powerful rancher (Jeremy Irons) and his band of outlaws. While boldly bringing new order to the town, the two fearless lawmen meet a provocative outsider (Renée Zellweger) whose unconventional ways threaten to destroy their decade-old bond.
Talk about a movie with two completely seperate halves. The first half was a textbook western and was actually pretty awesome. I thought that Harris, Mortensen, and Irons played off of each other very well and the building tension was great. However, the movie pretty much peaked halfway through and the second half (rotating mostly around the useless and overacted character of Renee Zellweger) just kind of rolled pointlessly on. It was a huge downer considering how much I enjoyed the first half. The ending managed to get back on track but that 45 minute trip off the tracks really killed this movie for me.
I'd lukewarmly recommend people checking this out. Its really not worth the rental fee though and you might be better off just waiting.
Talk about a movie with two completely seperate halves. The first half was a textbook western and was actually pretty awesome. I thought that Harris, Mortensen, and Irons played off of each other very well and the building tension was great. However, the movie pretty much peaked halfway through and the second half (rotating mostly around the useless and overacted character of Renee Zellweger) just kind of rolled pointlessly on. It was a huge downer considering how much I enjoyed the first half. The ending managed to get back on track but that 45 minute trip off the tracks really killed this movie for me.
I'd lukewarmly recommend people checking this out. Its really not worth the rental fee though and you might be better off just waiting.
