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The Quick and the Dead

Play trailer Poster for The Quick and the Dead R Released Feb 10, 1995 1h 45m Western Action Play Trailer Watchlist
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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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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.

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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly The plot of this low-camp revenge thriller is little more than an excuse to line up one badass cowboy (or girl) opposite another and let the eyeball-to-eyeball fireworks fly. Rated: C Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Derek Adams Time Out A deadpan black comedy, Sam Raimi's fast-paced movie looks and sounds like a Leone oater but more so. Jun 24, 2006 Full Review Janet Maslin New York Times Mr. Raimi is limited by a sketch mentality, which means his jokes tend to be over long before his films end. But his tastes for visual mischief and crazy, ill-advised homage can still make for sly, sporadic fun. Rated: 3/4 May 20, 2003 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...a pared-down premise that's employed to predominantly entertaining (and sporadically spellbinding) effect by Raimi... Rated: 3/4 Oct 2, 2020 Full Review Brian Costello Common Sense Media Frequent gun violence in quirky '90s Western. Rated: 4/5 Mar 11, 2015 Full Review James Plath Movie Metropolis Sam Raimi does a lot of interesting things in The Quick and the Dead and Sharon Stone plays a convincing female gunfighter, but the one-horse plot with no subplots to generate additional interest becomes a drag. Rated: 6/10 Sep 19, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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Cynthia D I thought it was a great, fun flick. I don't understand why it got such bad reviews. A classic shoot em up. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/04/24 Full Review Patrick W Great western!! Cast of characters excellent. It is a shoot it out western. Very entertaining!!😀🇺🇸 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/23/24 Full Review Oliver S Leider schlecht. Noch nicht mal eine parodistische Sicht kann helfen. Erstaunliches Schauspieler-Aufgebot für eine schwache Story, Flache Inszenierung ohne Witz oder Humor, den einige vergeblich hinein zu interpretieren versuchen. Am Ende rasant und die Auflösung etwas besser aber bis dahin hat man nur mit Mühe durchgehalten. Schade Sharon. Auch Heldinnen können scheitern im orangensten Gelbfilter der Filmgeschichte. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/01/24 Full Review Mary S Good parody with excellent cast. Camera stunts enhanced the humor. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/13/24 Full Review Paul H This movie had potential, but it didn't know what to be. On one hand, it tried hard to be a comedy, with exaggerated characters and situations, like a cartoon, but on the other hand it tried hard to be a drama, leaving out humor and being extremely brutal and gross. It would have been great if they added a lot more humor and eased up just a little on the brutality. Also, the ending was unsatisfying, and the protagonist was unrelatable. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 09/07/24 Full Review J C Whether or not you like this movie is largely dependent on what you're expecting. This is a stylistic absurd western that's thin on plot and overtly corny. I loved it but I can see why many didn't. I believe the choices they made were very intentional and in my opinion paid off. If nothing else, it's different, and I think we all can agree that with the repetitive Hollywood machine cloning it's products year after year, different should be embraced. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/30/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis 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.
Director
Sam Raimi
Producer
Allen Shapiro, Patrick Markey, Joshua Donen
Screenwriter
Simon Moore
Distributor
TriStar Pictures, Columbia Tristar
Production Co
TriStar Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Western, Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 10, 1995, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 9, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$17.3M
Runtime
1h 45m
Sound Mix
Surround
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