Das Duell (2016)

Das Duell: Directed by Kieran Darcy-Smith. With Woody Harrelson, Liam Hemsworth, Alice Braga, Emory Cohen. A Texas Ranger investigates a series of unexplained deaths in a town called Helena.

“Westerns for me is such a distinctive genre as owing to a specific time in history and being rooted in its universal themes that has been explored almost exhaustively.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s surprising then that one should come along with a kick to the teeth in the guise of a movie thatu0026#39;s packaged lightly in terms of visuals and score. The story follows a young ranger and spouse as he has to face a man, who killed his father in a duel in the past, and now reigns supreme in a small town near the Mexican border.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHarrelson is cut out for this role as a man who is on a self-righteous path of carrying out the will of the divine by means of brutality and chances of fate. He is a force to be reckoned with and overshadows all else around him but Hemsworthu0026#39;s Kingston is well versed himself in taking the law into his own hands. Almost too mechanical by way of showing how itu0026#39;s done but believe you me itu0026#39;s a slice of justice being dished out, nothing fancy, and enough to sit you down.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe intrigue of spirituality that leads people on down a dark road is only touched upon as being an inexplicable power that makes few connections with the actual clandestine going ons that has brought the characters at odds with one another. Something as easily abused is often mistaken for something else but no one could possibly deviate from the course when Harrelsonu0026#39;s fierce eyes are keeping watch.”