Seraphim Falls: Two-thirds of a decent western, with Liam Neeson and Pierce Brosnan portraying the hunter and the hunted, as Neeson chases Brosnan across the American west for revenge, before it all degenerates in overly metaphorical slop in the last third involving the devil, amongst other mystical characters. The film drops you right into the action and for the first hour, keeps the tension high and the pace brisk, as Brosnan evades Neeson and his small posse, including the always watchable Michael Wincott, through snow-covered woods and high desert. You have to wait until the 2nd reel to finally get some back-story as to who did what to whom and why Neeson is chasing Brosnan (nothing terribly originally there). We also get Tom Noonan, Wes Studi, Xander Berkeley, and Angelica Huston, amongst other notable character actors, here in support. This film just feels like the screenwriter ran out of ideas towards the end (or maybe got really high). Brosnan is good cast against type. Neeson has done better. Nothing remarkable here. Woodchuck sez, “Meh.”
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