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Seraphim Falls, 2006

Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Liam Neeson, Anjelica Huston

Directed by: David Von Ancken

Written by: Abby Everett Jacques

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 115 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:6.8

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Seraphim Falls can be described as rough, suspenseful, and tense. The plot revolves around an obsessive quest, being on the run, and being haunted by the past. The main genres are period, western, and drama. In terms of style, Seraphim Falls is epic. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, in the wilderness. Seraphim Falls takes place in the 19th century. Note that it involves profanity and violent content.

Summary of Seraphim Falls

It's three years after the Civil War, and Morsman Carver (Liam Neeson) is leading a small hired posse, including Pope (Robert Baker) and Parsons (Ed Lauter), to track down Gideon (Pierce Brosnan) through the snow-covered woods of the Ruby Mountains in New Mexico. While his posse is in it for the money, Carver appears to have more personal reasons for going after Gideon--and demanding that he be taken alive. But in David Von Ancken's exciting Western, the audience is kept in the dark for most of the movie as to just why Carver is so determined to hunt Gideon down and meet him face-to-face. In fact, the script, written by Von Ancken and Abby Everett Jacques, also keeps viewers guessing about which of them might be the hero and which the villain, blurring the distinction between good and evil. Gorgeously filmed by John Toll, SERAPHIM FALLS is a stunning film to look at, enhanced by Harry Gregson-Williams's beautiful score and the vast expanse of the wide-open locations. Mixing in elements of such classic Westerns as THE SEARCHERS and UNFORGIVEN (among other Clint Eastwood films) with such survival thrillers as FIRST BLOOD and THE NAKED PREY, television director Von Ancken (OZ, NUMB3RS, COLD CASE) makes a compelling feature-film debut. Neeson and Brosnan are both outstanding in their difficult, complex roles, particularly the latter as he takes on numerous physical challenges, and Oscar winner Anjelica Huston pops up in an unusual way, playing a mysterious woman who likes to make very interesting deals.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	26 January 2007
Runtime:	115 min

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Pierce Brosnan

as Gideon

Liam Neeson

as Carver

Anjelica Huston

as Madame Louise

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Entertainment Weekly

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. Full Review

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by: Owen Gleiberman

Chicago Tribune

You could say that Seraphim Falls, was no better than the typical Westerns of the 1950s and '60s--which I think underrates it. But those typical Westerns were pretty darn good, and so is Seraphim Falls. Full Review

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by: Michael Wilmington

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Only the dead know the end of war. How true is that, even by today?s standards? Seraphim Falls is one of the best Westerns of the modern age along side that of 2005?s The Proposition. It is a bit odd to see two Scottish actors playing in a movie set... Read and rate it

09.September.2009
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by: Al Topich
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23.March.2009
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by: Kymberli
Kymberli rated this movie0/10

I was intrigued and puzzled by this complex film. I didn't realize how truly complex it was until the ending, which left me wondering (and seems to have left a number of NF reviewers spitting into the dust, so to speak). This is a chase film from beginning to end. In the last 20 minutes the two men cross a vast desert: Brosnan on the run, Leeson chasing him down. They both stop (although at different times) at a water hole on the desert verge, where they encounter a strange Indian who speaks in riddles and bargains with them for water -- or "life", as he calls it. Having moved on, in the midst of the hardpan and close to oblivion, each man is surprised by the sudden appearance of an enigmatic woman (Angelica Huston). She describes herself as a purveyor of curatives and travels in a coach which leaves no tracks. She also strikes a bargain with each man: One gains a bullet, the other a gun. The entire sequence seems otherwordly and hallucinatory. It kept nagging at me, so I did a bit of reading and also checked the full cast credits, which revealed the names of these 2 final characters to be "Charon" and "Louise C. Fair." Thinking back over the course of the men's journey and the people they meet along the way, it struck me that the entire movie is allegorical, not just the ending, and loosely reflects the structure of Dante's Inferno. I don't recall Dante's levels of Hell off the top of my head, but I bet they match up well with the "rings" of people Brosnan and Neeson encounter. I found this to be a fascinating film. The focus is entirely on Neeson and Brosnan, and their performances don't disappoint. Quite beautiful to look at as well, even if you're uninterested in the metaphorical aspects.

23.March.2009
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by: Kymberli

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