Open Range (2003)

Release date: 2003-08-15
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Kevin Costner
Production Co: Touchstone Pictures, Cobalt Media Group, Beacon Pictures
Genre: Action, Western, Romance, Drama
Rating: 7.4/10
Length: 2h 19min

Storyline

Boss Spearman, Charley Waite, Mose Harrison and Button freegraze their cattle across the vast prairies of the West, sharing a friendship forged by a steadfast code of honor and living a life unencumbered by civilization. When their wayward herd forces them near the small town of Harmonville, the cowboys encounter a corrupt sheriff and kingpin rancher who govern the territory through fear, tyranny and violence. Boss and Charley find themselves inextricably drawn towards an inevitable showdown, as they are forced to defend the freedom and values of a lifestyle that is all too quickly vanishing. Amidst the turmoil, life suddenly takes an unexpected turn for the loner Charley when he meets the beautiful and warm spirited Sue Barlow, a woman who embraces both his heart and his soul.

Plot Keywords

rifle, directed by star, prayer, coward, frontier town, cigar smoking, hired gun, death, crooked sheriff, shot to death, shotgun, shot in the face, child in peril, robbery, shot in the back, shot in the chest, shot in the foot, shot in the head, shot in the leg, rural setting

Short Review

Here is Costner, calm and careful, his skin these days only a little older with its new indentations and fine markings. And when he is like this on screen, he is perfect.