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      Dead for a Dollar

      R Released Sep 28, 2022 1 hr. 45 min. Western Action Mystery & Thriller Drama List
      53% 58 Reviews Tomatometer 35% 100+ Ratings Audience Score When it appears a young woman has run off with an army deserter, a hired gun, Max, is contracted to go after them and bring her home. Finding out that she fled from an abusive husband, Max is faced with the choice to finish the job or look the other way while ruthless assassins and his longtime rival, Joe, close in. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Feb 27 Buy Now

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      There are certainly worse Westerns, but with Walter Hill behind the camera and a killer cast reporting for duty, Dead for a Dollar should have higher entertainment value.

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      annette finally, a good movie with a plotline. the director focused on the story and the characters. you actually cared about the good guys. they didnt waste a ton of time like other movies on CGI and being flashy. back to basics and telling a good story. and they had a bullwhip fighting scene..... cant recall the last time I saw that in a movie. too bad this one is in limited release. I am REALLY glad I saw the trailer on YouTube and decided to go see it on my movie night. HIGHLY suggest you sit and watch this one, especially if you enjoy and miss Unforgiven and movies like that. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/05/22 Full Review Dennis S Old style Western, good story and good acting. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/04/22 Full Review Mark B It is a lower budget movie, but Waltz in the lead role is always a pleasure to watch. The characters are bit over the top, Dafoe being one of them. The sets are a bit sparse, making the movie show its limited budget, but overall a good story and I enjoyed it as a streaming movie. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/22/24 Full Review Alec B It's disappointing that Hill was given such little money for this (speaks ill of our current era) but he mostly makes it work letting his pulpy dialogue do a lot of heavy lifting. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/24 Full Review Mark W Really, really bad... the end Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/09/24 Full Review Warner Kimo S Good new western with action and good actors. Not the best but entertaining. Hollywood and westerns are back Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com There is nothing flashy about Walter Hill’s latest western Dead for a Dollar. Rated: 3/4 Oct 2, 2022 Full Review Mark Keizer AV Club Rarely has so little tension been generated by a hero with so many bad guys lining up to kill him. Rated: C Sep 30, 2022 Full Review Bilge Ebiri New York Magazine/Vulture Hill turns... shortcomings into virtues. The picture’s surface austerity and simplicity have a crystallizing effect, drawing our attention to the coldhearted, transactional nature of this world. Sep 30, 2022 Full Review Mitchell Beaupre Paste Magazine Dead for a Dollar threads the needle between traditional Westerns of Boetticher’s ilk and the more revisionist sensibilities that Hill brought to the genre in the run of them he made in the ‘90s. Rated: 7/10 Sep 29, 2023 Full Review Nicholas Bell Fish Jelly Films (YouTube) Sans any significant subtexts to enhance the resilience of its various characters, there’s a sense of going through the motions despite some stand out moments from a sterling Dafoe. Rated: 2.5/5 Jul 27, 2023 Full Review Serena Seghedoni Loud and Clear Reviews Unfortunately, Dead for a Dollar is also one of those films you forget as soon as you’ve left the screening Rated: 3/5 Jul 20, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis When it appears a young woman has run off with an army deserter, a hired gun, Max, is contracted to go after them and bring her home. Finding out that she fled from an abusive husband, Max is faced with the choice to finish the job or look the other way while ruthless assassins and his longtime rival, Joe, close in.
      Director
      Walter Hill
      Executive Producer
      Susie Go, Alex P. Habrich, Jerry Leider, Laray Mayfield, Lawrence Mortorff
      Screenwriter
      Matt Harris, Walter Hill
      Distributor
      Quiver Distribution
      Production Co
      Chaos, a Film Company, Polaris Pictures
      Rating
      R (Some Sexual Content|Language|Graphic Nudity|Violence)
      Genre
      Western, Action, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Sep 28, 2022, Limited
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