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Seraphim Falls (2007)

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Reviews Counted:81

Fresh:44

Rotten:37

Average Rating:5.7/10

Consensus: A brutal, slow-moving drama that unfolds among some great-looking scenery.

Rated: 15 [See Full Rating] for violence and brief language.

Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins

Genre: Thriller, War, Theatrical Release, Violence, Revenge, Railroads

Theatrical Release:03-08-2007

Synopsis: PIERCE BROSNAN and LIAM NEESON star in Seraphim Falls – An epic action thriller set against the backdrop of the American Civil War. Directed by David Von Ancken (The Shield, CSI) Seraphim Falls... PIERCE BROSNAN and LIAM NEESON star in Seraphim Falls – An epic action thriller set against the backdrop of the American Civil War. Directed by David Von Ancken (The Shield, CSI) Seraphim Falls is a visceral study of revenge and a bloody account of the aftermath of war. Combining the raw brutality of FIRST BLOOD with the mesmerizing savage beauty of COLD MOUNTAIN, this is a film that will leave audiences gasping, and on the edge of their seats. It's been five years since the end of the American Civil War. Somewhere deep within the snowy mountains of the American West a lone figure - Gideon (PIERCE BROSNAN) sits in front of a fire, lost in thought. Abruptly, he is pulled out of his reverie by the echo of a Henry rifle and a bullet puffing into the snow inches from his head. With no time to react another shot rings out. It connects with Gideon's shoulder and whips him to the ground. Instantly Gideon calculates his one chance of survival. To leave everything he owns and run for the cover of the nearby fir trees – his blood leaving a crimson trail in the snow… So begins the thrilling first act of SERAPHIM FALLS, and the final stage of Colonel Morsman Carver's (LIAM NEESON) terrible revenge - to hunt down and kill Gideon, no matter what it takes. There will be many men dead before these two meet face to face, and only then will Carver fully comprehend the full cost of his undertaking. Launched by a gunshot and propelled by rage, the relentless pursuit will take them both far from the comforts and codes of civilization and into the unforgiving wilderness. The emotional conclusion to this odyssey comes after a bloody climax in which both men are forced to confront their past and travel deep within the recesses of their souls. SERAPHIM FALLS - a taut action film, an epic chase and primal battle set in the mythic landscape of the West. [More]

Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Liam Neeson, Anjelica Huston, Angie Harmon

Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Liam Neeson, Anjelica Huston, Angie Harmon, Xander Berkeley, Ed Lauter, Tom Noonan, John Robinson, Robert Baker

Director: David Von Ancken

Director: David Von Ancken
Screenwriter: Abby Everett Jacques
Producer: Bruce Davey, David Flynn
Composer: Harry Gregson-Williams
Studio: IDP Distribution

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This curious Western may set a new world record for out-of-the-blue inanity, which comes winging in toward the end of the picture.

Full Review Source: MTV | comment Comment
01/26/07
Kurt Loder
Kurt Loder
MTV

It starts with a bang, but ultimately, the wheels come off this covered wagon.

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
01/26/07
Todd Hertz
Todd Hertz
Christianity Today

The best thing about Seraphim Falls is the extraordinary cinematography by Academy Award winner John Toll.

Full Review Source: Murphy's Movie Reviews | comment Comment
01/26/07
Ted Murphy
Ted Murphy
Murphy's Movie Reviews

A handsome, old-fashioned western of few words and heavy meanings that unfolds with the sanctimonious grandeur of a biblical allegory.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
01/26/07
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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It works as a revenge/chase movie, but when things get wacky towards the end the movie almost loses its way.

Full Review Source: CinemaBlend.com | comment Comment
01/25/07
Joshua Tyler
Joshua Tyler
CinemaBlend.com

No rotund subplots, no twist endings, and no tail-chasing. It's just two great actors dashing around the countryside trying to slice each others' throats.

Full Review Source: OhmyNews.com | comment Comment
01/25/07
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
OhmyNews.com

a rather rudimentary look at vengeance and survival

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
01/25/07
Chris Cabin
Chris Cabin
Filmcritic.com

For devotees of gonad cinema, there may not be a better time to be had at the movies right now than the first 20-ish minutes of Seraphim Falls.

Full Review Source: The Stranger (Seattle, WA) | comment Comment
01/25/07
Andrew Wright
Andrew Wright
The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

You can, if you so choose, read the film as a lesson in the futility of violent conflict as a means toward a peaceful end. Or you can let it just wash over you, fast and pounding, like a waterfall.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
01/25/07
Jan Stuart
Jan Stuart
Newsday

Seraphim Falls has decent pep in its step until the final 30 minutes.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
01/25/07
Robert Wilonsky
Robert Wilonsky
L.A. Weekly

[Neeson] and Brosnan are supremely well-matched foils, though I do wish that the filmmaker, David Von Ancken, had lent his sparsely mythic tale just a twinge of something...new.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
01/25/07
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly

Seraphim Falls has a crispness and economy that few genre films can claim these days.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
01/25/07
Noel Murray
Noel Murray
AV Club

Eventually feels like a less-gruesome Apocalypto with not much more back-story.

Full Review Source: Metromix.com | comment Comment
01/25/07
Matt Pais
Matt Pais
Metromix.com

By all rights the film should be a pretentious bore. But damned if Seraphim Falls didn't hold my attention all the way through

Full Review Source: Premiere Magazine | comment Comment
01/24/07
Ethan Alter
Ethan Alter
Premiere Magazine

Basically just an old-fashioned western chase saga with delusions of grandeur. But it's still enjoyable as a flamboyant exercise in nostalgia.

Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion | comment Comment
01/22/07
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

If not nearly as multi-layered and lyrical as last year's The Proposition, Seraphim Falls still proves to be something in short supply these days: a sturdy, straight-ahead, less-talk, more-action Western.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
01/18/07
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Slant Magazine

There are plenty of shootouts and grisly happenings to keep things moving, and Toll's cinematography...ensures that Seraphim Falls is a visual triumph.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
01/17/07
Lewis Beale
Lewis Beale
Film Journal International

Revenge begets revenge is the moral here in a beautifully photographed genre Western showing off New Mexico's climatically varied scenery.

Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment Comment
01/16/07
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

Seraphim Falls is a sanctimoniously violent western about retribution and forgiveness with obvious Biblical overtones, references and names.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
12/07/06
Kevin Courrier
Kevin Courrier
Boxoffice Magazine

Aside from spasms of brutal violence, however, there's nothing rousing or new here.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
09/19/06
Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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