The Quick and the Dead (1995)

Release date: 1995-02-10
Country: Japan|USA
Language: English|Spanish
Director: Sam Raimi
Production Co: TriStar Pictures, Japan Satellite Broadcasting (JBS), IndieProd Company Productions
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller, Western
Rating: 6.4/10
Length: 1h 47min

Storyline

Ellen, an unknown female gunslinger rides into a small, dingy and depressing prairie town with a secret as to her reason for showing up. Shortly after her arrival, a local preacher, Cort, is thrown through the saloon doors while townfolk are signing up for a gun competition. The pot is a huge sum of money and the only rule: that you follow the rules of the man that set up the contest, Herod. Herod is also the owner, leader, and "ruler" of the town. Seems he's arranged this little gun-show-off so that the preacher (who use to be an outlaw and rode with Herod) will have to fight again. Cort refuses to ever use a gun to kill again and Herod, acknowledging Cort as one of the best, is determined to alter this line of thinking ... even if it gets someone killed ...

Plot Keywords

female gunfighter, death, saloon, murder, torture, bar shootout, shot in the back, bartender, hanging, heroine, cowgirl, violence, femme fatale, fight, contest, gunslinger, arizona, street shootout, showdown, gun duel

Short Review

The plot of this low-camp revenge thriller is little more than an excuse to line up one badass cowboy (or girl) opposite another and let the eyeball-to-eyeball fireworks fly.