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Hey there, pardner. Us speakin’ in an a-ffected drawl must mean we gots a Western movie. It also a-happens to be an adaptation of a book. A bone-a-fide lit-er-a-chur turned talkie. That brings us to Appaloosa[2008].
Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen are wandering gunmen for hire and have been partners for awhile. They come into Appaloosa which is in need of a sheriff. This is on account of Jeremy Irons being a powerful rancher having killed the last one. Things get a little complicated when a farmhand offers to testify to the murder.
Tim has Raw Deal(1986). An Arnold Schwarzenegger film where he plays a disgraced FBI agent. He gets a chance to come back and do one more job with the promise of returning to the agency. This is about infiltrating drug dealer, because it’s the eighties, and finding the FBI mole in their ranks. If you didn’t guess, this will require rampant property destruction and gun fights.
Weltall has The Judge[2014]. Robert Duvall is well regarded judge who’s being tried for murder. Robert Downey plays his son who returns to defend him. Billy Bob Thornton is the prosecutor. Just laying the groundwork for the general cast. That way you understand that this is a highly character driven film, focused on the interactions between family and outsiders. Weltall endeavors to avoid major spoilers but assures us Duvall’s performance is worth the price of admission.
