Seraphim Falls (2007)

After decades of revisionist westerns, this drama by TV veteran David Von Ancken is impressive for its stubborn classicism.

You could say that Seraphim Falls, was no better than the typical Westerns of the 1950s and '60s--which I think underrates it. But those typical Westerns were pretty darn good, and so is Seraphim Falls.

Neeson and Brosnan, along with the beautiful location photography from DP John Toll, keeps you involved even when Von Ancken's heavy-handed direction threatens to bog the proceedings down.

It fulfills a lot of the criteria for a successful oater: spectacular scenery, an evocative frontier atmosphere, an ensemble of enjoyably tight-lipped performances, and plenty of stylish violence.

This is an entertaining Western with some earnest ideas about forgiveness, redemption and the loss of innocents.

Given that the movie is one long chase--Neeson's motive withheld until the end, the monotony broken only by the slaying of one member of his posse after another--the film is surprisingly gripping.

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.

A psychological drama with an intriguing ambiguity that challenges the viewer's loyalties and preconceived notions. For the first half of the movie you find yourself on the side of a hunted man. Then as the story unfolds, his pursuer becomes the one you root for.

Seraphim Falls is essentially one long, bleak stalk-and-kill action thriller.

Neeson and Brosnan are supremely well-matched foils, though I do wish that the filmmaker, David Von Ancken, had lent his sparsely mythic tale just a twinge of something...new.

它其实是精彩的，只是场面没那么震撼而已。

摄影、服道化质感都很好，演员也好，就是片名中文译的太俗气容易被忽略，如果喜欢《荒野猎人》的，赶紧去看吧

简洁的叙事，旷野迷人的风光，这是一段南北战争后前南上校对北上尉追杀复仇的故事，利落的开头制造出悬念，细节虽仍经不起推敲，但氛围营造的很好，结尾的开放设置耐人寻味。布鲁斯南的表演很出色~

不错的西部片。

还可以

没有乏味的铺陈，电影一开始到结束都显得收放有度，恰到好处。

肉丝~~gay一起吧

美国内战3年后，南军上校追杀北军上尉 从雪山一路到荒原...后段遇到水边绅士和马车女士 交易仿佛在扯平两者的距离 复仇来临之时 彼此才发现暴力虐杀与战争的无奈 结局他们没有理解共勉 而是以相反的方向渐行渐远。片名双关seraphim(小镇名字/炽天使)falls(秋天/坠落)

打开电视看电影的。。

可以从该片了解一些美国当时的历史背景，仇恨最终消解了，算是个不错的结局。

一部文艺了的西部片

结尾怎么搞得神神叨叨的……

3.5

结尾就高尚了

风光片儿

2009.3.27.15:21...追捕?...Pierce Brosnan.Liam Neeson...一横一竖.横的是枪.竖的是刀.一左一右.左的是正.右的是邪.或者没有对错...三年的恩怨.无言的结局...

男人的决斗

特警般的老人

仇恨需要宽恕，这是自我的救赎。

2007年4月20日