The salvation (2014)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2014
	Director: Kristian Levring
	Actors: Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Eric Cantona
	Country: DK, GB, ZA
	Genre: Western
	Conditions of visioning: 06.10.2014, Schauburg, OV sneak preview
Synopsis: In 1870s America, a peaceful American settler (Mikkelsen) kills his family's murderer which unleashes the fury of a notorious gang leader Delarue (Dean Morgan). His cowardly fellow townspeople then betray him, forcing him to hunt down the outlaws alone.
Review: The story is the classical plot of a Western starting with a link to Denmark, the Danish migrants. The heroe is the lonely cowboy, ranger or whatever the name he got or does not. I loved the photography, not giving the warmth and weight of the arid West, but giving the tragic contrast of lights when the clouds pass by. The story was quite suspenseful. The acting of Mikkelsen and the directing do not show much originality. Well the originality being that the director is Danish. Is this a Danish intention to start the Danish style of Western, kind of Western Smørrebrød? At least it could be cool because of the great photography and the next movies could show something more Danish. The question of migration has potential.
Rating: 6 /10