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“The Quick and the Dead" takes the premise of those old Tough Man Contests and moves it to the old West, where the sadistic despot of a small town holds a shoot-off every year. The rules are simple: The last man alive wins a big cash prize.
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 Critics...
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327 Reviews. Hide Spoilers. Sort by: Filter by Rating: 7/10. Raimi goes West. Samiam3 16 August 2009. With The Quick and the Dead, Sam Raimi approaches the old west with a very new/contemporary style. With its brisk energy and competitive characters, the story often feels like a sports movie with lots of photography tricks.
Feb 10, 1995 · The Quick and the Dead: Directed by Sam Raimi. With Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio. A female gunfighter returns to a frontier town where a dueling tournament is being held, which she enters in an effort to avenge her father's death.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 11, 2015. Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly. TOP CRITIC. The plot of this low-camp revenge thriller is little more than an excuse to line up one...
Feb 10, 1995 · The Quick and the Dead takes on a more serious tone - as if, even in this loonily amoral environment, we're supposed to care about atrocities. The film builds to a satisfyingly catastrophic climax full of biblical flames and fluttering bank notes, but there's far too much dead time along the way.
The Quick and the Dead received mixed reviews from film critics. Based on 40 reviews, Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 58%, with an average rating of 6.01/10.
The Quick and the Dead is a sly, savvy Hollywood sendup of Sergio Leone Westerns with Sharon Stone playing the Clint Eastwood righteous avenger role and Gene Hackman the heavy. You'd call it a spaghetti Western, but the budget is too high.
The Quick and the Dead is a sly, savvy Hollywood sendup of Sergio Leone Westerns with Sharon Stone playing the Clint Eastwood righteous avenger role and Gene Hackman the heavy. You'd call it a spaghetti Western, but the budget is too high.
Feb 13, 1995 · The bloodthirsty spirit of the Roman Circus invades the Old West in “The Quick and the Dead,” an ill-flavored concoction that tastes like warmed-over spaghetti.
