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Archetypes and symbols solemnly parade through Seraphim Falls, a handsome, old-fashioned western of few words and heavy meanings that unfolds with the sanctimonious grandeur of a biblical allegory.
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Aside from spasms of brutal violence, however, there's nothing rousing or new here.
Before long, though, things take a turn from simplicity to sententiousness, then to surreal silliness, and finally to a mano--mano contest, on a parched desert floor, over which man gets the best close-ups.
A beautifully shot (by Oscar-winning cinematographer John Toll) but dramatically empty pursuit picture set in the untamed West.
Brosnan and Neeson make fine adversaries mining the terse dialogue for veiled dramatic fervor.
Neeson and Brosnan are supremely well-matched foils, though I do wish that the filmmaker, David Von Ancken, had lent his sparsely mythic tale just a twinge of something...new.
A psychological drama with an intriguing ambiguity that challenges the viewer's loyalties and preconceived notions. For the first half of the movie you find yourself on the side of a hunted man. Then as the story unfolds, his pursuer becomes the one you root for.
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