Revenge is sour, nasty and jumps back and forth between a couple of agrieved parties in
THE SALVATION, the latest movie from Danish director
Kristian Levring. One of those parties is a real shitheel of a man, however, so there's certainly no contest regarding for whom you're gonna root. Which also makes for little irony or surprise along the way. This is a kind of
High Noon for folk who like a lot of violence and killing, a little sex, and a cast far too good for what's up there on screen. (What's up there actually
looks quite good -- in Blu-ray, at least: crack cinematography, editing, sound design, and all the other technical specs.)
Almost any movie starring
Mads Mikkelsen is worth a watch, and
The Salvation is no exception. There's a lot to like here but litttle to love, as we've seen it all before, though the plot on parade has been cobbled together pretty well (the screenplay is by Levring and
Anders Thomas Jensen) and is acted even better by a first-rate cast that includes
Eva Green as a mute, mysterious good-time gal and
Jeffrey Dean Morgan as that
very naughty bad guy.
After awhile, however, you can easily tell who'll go down and who'll survive. So all the violence and killing, while necessary plot-wise, begins to take its toll on your patience. From
IFC Films and running just 92 minutes, the movie hits DVD and Blu-ray this coming Tuesday, August 4, for sale and/or rental.
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