In the late 1800s a beautiful former prostitute (January Jones Mad Men) is trying to build an honest life with her husband in the rugged plains of New Mexico. When she catches the eye of a sadistic and powerful religious leader (Jason Isaacs Harry Potter series) her life is violently turned upside down. She embarks on a bloody course of vengeance with the assistance of a renegade sheriff (Ed Harris Pollock The Hours A Beautiful Mind Apollo 13) who has pretty violent tendencies of his own.
Review
Cinematography was great and the acting was excellent but it is so difficult to write an interesting and original screenplay. It is much easier to have a simple plot of evil and good where first the evil kill the good and then the revenge of the good killing the evil. I lost track of the body count (maybe 14 murders) but after the first 3 or 4 it just got to be mind numbing.
"True Grit" had a similar feel and also lots of tension (as well as a bunch of dead bodies) but that was a much more nuanced and interesting story.
I would avoid this movie.