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The Dark Valley
Director Andreas Prochaska's The Dark Valley might take place in a remote town hidden in the snowy Austrian Alps but make no mistake, this is a Spaghetti Western film, with distraught horses, six-shooters, bloodied spurs galore and heavy boots walking across the hardwood floors.
Sam Riley plays the obligatory shady stranger who rides into the immoral town one day and is quick to make a number of enemies with the locals which inevitably leads to some violent results. Through and through, this is one helluva a slowly-paced grim film, without a smile in sight, but somehow it keeps the viewer interested with it's gloomy, yet alluring landscapes, bizarrely hypnotizing music and minimal dialogue, forcing actions to speak louder than words.
Who knew something so bleak could be so much fun?
3 metronomes out of 5
Sam Riley plays the obligatory shady stranger who rides into the immoral town one day and is quick to make a number of enemies with the locals which inevitably leads to some violent results. Through and through, this is one helluva a slowly-paced grim film, without a smile in sight, but somehow it keeps the viewer interested with it's gloomy, yet alluring landscapes, bizarrely hypnotizing music and minimal dialogue, forcing actions to speak louder than words.
Who knew something so bleak could be so much fun?
3 metronomes out of 5
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