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The Salvation

The Salvation

DramaWestern

6.459/10

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DKGB

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da

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92 min

Release Date: 2014-05-22

Overview - In 1870s America, a peaceful American settler kills his family's murderer which unleashes the fury of a notorious gang leader. His cowardly fellow townspeople then betray him, forcing him to hunt down the outlaws alone.

Production Companies

Spier FilmsForward FilmsTrustNordiskZentropa EntertainmentsF.I.L.M.S.Det Danske Filminstitut

Overview - In 1870s America, a peaceful American settler kills his family's murderer which unleashes the fury of a notorious gang leader. His cowardly fellow townspeople then betray him, forcing him to hunt down the outlaws alone.

User Reviews

John Chard

John Chard

9/10

Sometimes you gotta sacrifice a single sheep to save the rest. The Salvation is directed by Kristian Levring and Levring co-writes the screenplay with Anders Thomas Jensen. It stars Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Eric Cantona, Mikael Persbrandt, Jonathan Pryce and Douglas Henshall. Music is by Kasper Winding and cinematography by Jens Schlosser. 1871 and ex-patriot Danish so...

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Reno

Reno

8/10

> Revenge for a revenge. It is a Danish western revenge flick set in the American soil, so 99 per cent it was in the English language. Well, in my opinion, it is underrated for sure. It was not anything stylish like QT's recent western films, but quite usual presentation yet very majestic. The story takes place in a couple of days in a small town in the 1871. The turnaround in the theme was gre...

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Nordisk Film & TV Fond
Film i Väst
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition of South Africa
MEDIA Programme of the European Union
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Per Gunnar Jonsson

6/10

This is a decent enough Danish-made spaghetti western. Nothing more and nothing less. It could easily have been a young Clint Eastwood in this movie. Instead the lead character is Mads Mikkelsen who makes a quite reasonable performance as far as I am concerned. I have to say that it felt a bit funny when the characters spoke Danish in the first parts of the movie. It did add a bit of special touc...

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r96sk

r96sk

7/10

I anticipated more from it, though <em>'The Salvation'</em> is a worthwhile 90 minutes. It reminded me of 1973's <em>'<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/high-plains-drifter/" rel="nofollow">High Plains Drifter</a>'</em>, not necessarily bar for bar but more the general vibe of it all... at least in terms of what I remember from that Clint Eastwood flick. This 2014 release is good if generally...

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