Fresh
The overweight middle section is repetitive, contrived and, well, boring. But at least the views are spectacular and Brosnan, especially, is likeably quirky.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Seraphim Falls
Never turn your back on the past.
2007 · 1h 55m · R
Action, Drama, Western
Directed by
David Von Ancken
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Seraphim Falls
Overview
The Civil War has ended, but Colonel Morsman Carver is on one final mission – to kill Gideon, no matter what it takes. Launched by a gunshot and propelled by rage, the relentless pursuit takes the two men through frigid snow-capped mountains and arid deserts, far from the comforts and codes of civilisation, into the bloodiest recesses of their own souls.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
57%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A Western short on dialogue and long on pomposity, is little more than an extended chase scene down a snow-filled mountaintop to a desert floor.
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
The technical revels are arresting, but Seraphim Falls is slow of motive and thin of plot -- a western that dies with its boots on.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Fresh
Though the chase threatens to go on too long, the suspense remains high because we don't know which man is the real villain, or if there's a villain at all.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
For all its manliness, the film works slightly better as a bitter romance gone postal.
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
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