![]() ![]() ![]() Hints about the coming oil rush and the greed of such big ventures are dropped here and there. But the story drifts and the pacing drags, failing to gather much steam until the final moments. ![]() Written by Levring and Anders Thomas Jensen, the movie has a few bursts of energy and invention. The music by composer Kasper Winding swells as danger rises. Production designer Jorgen Munk and costume designer Diana Cilliers have the period details right. Long shots of a desolate, dry and unwelcoming land are there with all the grit and glory director of photography Jens Schlosser is often right down in the dirt and mud. ![]() The fine Danish director Kristian Levring has the look and the love of the genre down. It’s only when you watch something like “The Salvation,” set on the American frontier circa 1871 and showcasing the formidable intensity of Mads Mikkelsen, that it becomes apparent how difficult it is to create that tension between good and evil on the high plains. From classics such as “High Noon” and “Shane” to Sergio Leone’s bloody spaghetti Westerns, they tend to be short on dialogue and long on mood, with death coming at the end of the day. The simplicity of an old-school Western with one good loner facing down a relentless outlaw can fool you into thinking these films are easy to make. ![]()
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