Review
Like the western "Wild Bill" that also came out around this time this is a pretty wild almost cartoonlike western. It has many pluses and minuses.
GOOD Great sound interesting camera angles and very stylishly shot. The visuals and audio make it interesting alone. Add a simple but interesting story filled with wild cartoonlike characters and you have a fun fastmoving film. Western purists will hate the movie because it's filled with overthetop characters. The most interesting I thought was Gene Hackman as the villain and Russell Crowe as the goodguy "preacher" named "Cort." Sharon Stone's character "Ellen" is very reminiscent of the one she played in "The Specialist" a movie which came out the previous year in which as in this movie revenge is her main motive.
BAD This is only bad if you are religiouslyinclined. The "preacher" in here is questionable as such. No real preacher uses the Lord's name in vain which Crowe did twice here. His theology also is not Biblically more like clueless Hollywood stereotypes. Also there was a bit too much of the feminist slant in here. Then again since Stone coproduced the film it's not surprising. Actually her character especially when she begins to soften a bit is interesting too.
OVERALL Despite the usual bias the movie is fun to watch and entertaining.