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The Quick and the Dead isn't quite the draw that its intriguing premise and pedigree suggest, but fans of nontraditional Westerns should have some rootin' tootin' fun. Read critic reviews
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A mysterious woman gunslinger, Ellen (Sharon Stone), saunters into the town of Redemption looking for revenge. Her father was killed by the town's sadistic mayor, Herod (Gene Hackman), who is in the midst of organizing a quick-draw tournament. The lady enters, joining a cast of miscreants and outlaws for a brutal competition in which the loser dies. Among the competitors is "The Kid" (Leonardo DiCaprio), an upstart who has his own score to settle with Herod.
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Rating: R
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Genre: Western, Action
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Original Language: English
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Director: Sam Raimi
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Producer: Allen Shapiro, Patrick Markey, Joshua Donen
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Writer: Simon Moore
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Release Date (Theaters): original
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Release Date (Streaming):
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Box Office (Gross USA): $17.3M
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Runtime:
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Distributor: TriStar Pictures, Columbia Tristar
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Production Co: TriStar Pictures
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Sound Mix: Surround
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Critic Reviews for The Quick and the Dead
Audience Reviews for The Quick and the Dead
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It has problems to be sure (each character could use just a touch more development) but I honestly don't understand the hostility or the tepid responses this movie gets. Its fun western pulp propelled by Raimi's stylized direction.
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At the height of Sharon Stone's popularity, she was featured in a woman led western with a stellar cast - Hackman, Crowe and DiCaprio. Unfortunately none could save a sinking ship. Now just a movie to watch on AMC when you have nothing else better to do.
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I first saw Raimi's western on it's initial cinema release. It was one of those glorious summer nights in between college terms when two of my fellow geeks and I headed into town to catch the movie before a night of drunken revelry. I was giggling like a girl throughout but anytime I looked across at my friend Dermot, seated to my right, his face was expressionless. "How can he not be enjoying this?" I wondered. When the lights went up and we departed the theater I questioned his enjoyment. "So you weren't impressed?" I asked. "Are you kidding me?" he replied, "It was hilarious!". My other friend Ruairi, who had been sat the other side of Dermot looked at me in bewilderment and asked "Did you not see him laughing his ass off?" You see, I had completely forgotten something about Dermot. At that time he was in the middle of a bout of the obscure medical condition known as "Bell's Palsy", a bizarre ailment which renders one half of it's victim's face numb. While the left side of Dermot's face maintained a stony expression, his right side was laughing maniacally. The plot of "The Quick and the Dead" is borrowed from Anthony Mann's great Jimmy Stewart starring western "Winchester 73". The small town of Redemption is hosting a tournament for sharpshooters. Stone arrives in town looking for revenge on Hackman, the evil patriarch of the town and the man responsible for the death of her father. He's basically playing a more tongue in cheek riff on his "Unforgiven" character and seems to be having a great time in the role. Stone enters the competition and defeats various unshaven ruffians before meeting Hackman in the grand finale. The movie didn't fare too well at the time, neither critically nor commercially, but, as is want with cult movies, seems to have gained more respect over the years. Part of it's failure may be the casting of Stone. Coming off the back of performances in movies like "The Specialist" and "Sliver" she was the laughing stock of Hollywood. She may be the weak link here but there are plenty of great performances to make up for her seeming disinterest. Henriksen's part as a showboating gunfighter steals the show and there's a pre-Titanic DiCaprio playing a cocky Billy the Kid archetype. Crowe also stars in one of his first American appearances. If you attempted to assemble this cast now you'd be seriously out of pocket. As well as these star names there's a rogues gallery of great character actors like Pat Hingle, Mark Boone Junior and Tobin Bell. Now Raimi is just another Hollywood journeyman but back when this came along he was still known as the man behind the "Evil Dead" series. His camera has all the wild energy of those movies here and I remember this being a complaint from viewers who couldn't get on board with his visual style. At the end of the day this, like most westerns, won't appeal to the mainstream but fans of Raimi from before his dabbling in comic book adaptations and Kevin Costner baseball movies will eat it up.
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Remember when Sharon Stone was big? remember that? seems along time ago doesn't it, also seems odd to think it too with her rather bland boring 80's look. Bit of a cult this one with a fantastic line up of character actors and stars including DiCaprio, Hackman, Keith David, Henriksen, Tobin Bell, Pat Hingle, Gary Sinise, Russell Crowe and Bruce Campbell in deleted scenes!! how do ya like dem apples Tex? The whole film is kinda like a videogame concept really or like some modern flicks which bring together a bunch of stars in a kind of 'beat em up'/'shoot em up' style tournament with silly corny characters having individual skills that set them apart from each other, this is the western version. Its a pretty fun flick to be sure but its also pretty corny at times with some dubious acting namely from Stone who really can't act, her blonde hair somehow gets her work. The characters are all quite unoriginal being a western, not much choice but the obvious, but admittedly your not sure who will die next. Hackman as usual is brilliant as the evil 'Herod' and you really wanna see him get his comeuppance haha he gives the film allot of edge which it badly needs as at times it does tend to feel a bit like a TV movie. Raimi does well to inject fuel into the western genre with this (for the time) and the colourful characters are fun to watch despite being cliched, homage to Sergio Leone? sort of, a good try but maybe a touch too glossy and not enough blood.
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