Slow West (2015)

Release date: 2015-05-21
Country: UK|New Zealand
Language: English|French
Director: John Maclean
Production Co: See-Saw Films, Cross City Sales, DMC Film
Genre: Action, Adventure, Western
Rating: 6.9/10
Length: 1h 24min

Storyline

'Slow West' follows a 16-year-old boy on a journey across 19th Century frontier America in search of the woman he loves, while accompanied by mysterious traveler Silas.

Plot Keywords

native american, frontier, bounty hunter, teenage boy, outlaw, 19th century, wanted poster, reward, rifle, gun, pistol, shooting, shotgun, horse, robbery, husband wife relationship, woods, forest, reference to charles darwin, f word

Short Review

Slow West crescendos into a bravura shootout between all the involved parties, and it's as gorgeous, nihilistic, and brutally sad as the rest of the film.