Quick and the Dead

Pros: All.A good western here.

Cons: Non.This a great movie for western fans.

The Bottom Line: A movie to rent, to enjoy.

Review: Starring Sharon Stone
Gene Hackman
Leonardo DiCaprio

O.k. if you like shoot em up westerns, then
this is the movie for you.Gunfighters gather
in a small, western town for the shoot out,
the big contest.The winner gets...

Pros: Good acting

Cons: too much shooting people

The Bottom Line: Anyone who has seen Hackman do bad guys has to see The Quick and the Dead, he's sensational.

Review: Despite what some say, I thought Sharon Stone gave a good performance in this one. She was sexy, determined, and vengeful. Right up her ally. And please, no one can deny the fact that Gene Hackman can act, good guy or bad, he's always great.
I...

Pros: Plot is Very Original, Great Characters.

Cons: Violent, Bloody, & Rough Language.

Review: I know there have been a good many westerns cranked out in the 60's and 70's that were mostly alike, but with better technology and better filming methods, westerns were able to take on a new life.
The Quick and The Dead is one of these...

Pros: Sam Raimi's handiwork, Hackman's evil performance and of course Lance Henriksen!

Cons: Plot is almost non-existent, but that's a minor complaint in a movie like this.

The Bottom Line: Regardless, this movie is grade-A prime fun for hardcore Western freaks, fans of way macho dialogue or those of us who just love them groovy camera tricks.

Review: I hate when movie critics defend movies they enjoy by dengrating the intelligence or cinematic knowledge of those people who disagree with them. Having said that, I feel that Sam Raimi's 'The Quick and the Dead' is an unjustly underrated mini-classic and...

Pros: Good performances from Stone, Hackman, Crowe; nice twist on gunslinger myth, interesting despite clichés.

Cons: A few weak links; tighter plot needed perhaps?

The Bottom Line: Nice modern twist on an old cliched western myth, coupled with good acting, make this a fun watch.

Review: I thought that ‘The Quick and the Dead’ was just another corny western chock-full of clichés. Seeing that Russell Crowe was in the cast piqued my curiosity, and I decided I’d see it anyway. Well, the film, indeed, had more than a fistful of ...

Pros: Excellent photography, effects, stunts, scenery, and acting.

Cons: Tiny lapses in logic ... but this is not pure realism.

The Bottom Line: Even people who don't care for horse operas will enjoy this surreal struggle of good vs evil in the wild west.

Review: THE QUICK AND THE DEAD (1995) with Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, and Leonardo DiCaprio, has the same name but a very different story from a Louis L'Amour novel and a Sam Elliot - Kate Capshaw movie based on it. I mention that to spare ...

Pros: Good acting, character development of Ellen, action, setting.

Cons: Genre cliches.

The Bottom Line: "The Quick and the Dead" is a well-executed and particularly well-acted movie that is well worth watching.

Review: Although set in the Old West, "The Quick and the Dead" is very close in spirit to martial arts tournament movies like "Bloodsport" and "Enter the Dragon." If you're a fan of the genre, you'll quickly recognize some plot elements very common in films ...

Pros: the gunfights were entertaining; great cast

Cons: some action scenes are a little far fetched

Review: Recently, I saw the 1995 western "The Quick and the Dead" on HBO for the umteenth time. Though the movie received bad reviews from many popular critics, I found the movie to have a great storyline, as well as some great gunfighting and other...

Pros: Action, drama, and lots of gunfights

Cons: so-so acting by great actors

Review: I love westerns...all types, sizes, shapes or colors(or B&W). I also love to read westerns, and Louis L'Amour is my favorite author. So I sent my wife out to buy "The Quick and the Dead", a wonderful, brilliant book by L'Amour....

Pros: Great Acting, Big name cast

Cons: A little predictable, slightly distracting camera work

Review: So few good westerns are made anymore. And all of the good ones made lately seem to feature Gene Hackman. Sam Raimi's "The Quick and the Dead" faces Gene Hackman off against the likes of Sharon Stone and Leonardo DiCaprio and Russel Crowe...