Seraphim Falls

If Seraphim Falls' audience appreciates its good points and ignores an ending that tries too hard, they'll just be following a grand genre-buff tradition.

It’s a big-looking movie, full of gorgeous, textured landscapes, a film to remind those hypnotised by 300’s clammy synthesis what gifts the real world still possesses.

...the cunning, resourceful, ruthlessly violent Brosnan gives his best performance for a long time.

...proves to be something in short supply these days: a sturdy, straight-ahead, less-talk, more-action Western.

...is ambitious: a Western revenge saga/mystery with an overarching sense of redemption.