Unusual take on the western genre. Sharon Stone stars as a woman gunslinger out to avenge her murdered father, thus entering a quick fire draw contest to get to the man responsible, Gene Hackman. All the western clichés are hammed up, and director Sam Raimi has get fun with them. I really enjoyed some of the performances; Gene Hackman is his usual brilliant self as a tyrant of a villain, Russell Crowe plays a reformed killer forced to take up the gun again, and a fledging Leonardo Di Caprio swaggers about as a cocky young gunfighter desperate to impress. Sharon Stone is not great, maybe because she tries too hard to play her role like Clint Eastwood. Quirky entertainment. 7/10
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