An outlaw band flees a posse and rides into small town Refuge, the gang is led by the bloodthirsty Blackjack Britton: Eric Roberts. The weird town seems to be between hell and heaven and where no one carries a gun, drinks, or swears. The Purgatory villagers' assume names are nature-based: Forest, Glen, Ivy, Rose, Woods, Lamb. Then in Refuge will appeal mythical legends of the West: Jesse James, Wild Bill Hickock, Doc Holliday, Billy the Kid and several others. For a band of outlaws, the only thing worse than being bad is spending eternity being good !.
A peculiar Western with fantastic touches containing noisy action, go riding, violence and impressive final duel. The movie is well set in a sleepy little town called Refuge, where the people welcome them and invite them to take anything they want, absolutely free, resuting in fantastic and bloody happenings. Here the main question is whether our mythological heroes are capable redeem themselves before gaining admittance to Heaven or screw up and go to Hell. The film is plenty of Western mythic characters and familiar faces giving acceptable interpretations, among them : Sam Shepard, Randy Quaid, Donnie Wahlberg, Eric Roberts, Peter Stormare, Brad Rowe, Shannon Kenny, John Diehl, John Dennis Johnston and Western veteran R. G. Armstrong in his final Western.
It contains evocative and colorful cinematography by William Wages. As well as thrilling musical score by Brad Fievel who previously composed Terminator soundtrack. The motion picture was well directed by Uli Edel. This German director is a good filmmaker who has worked as cinema as TV and even collaborated with Douglas Sirk in the 1980s. He has a long career with hits and flops , working as in USA as Germany. His film debut was the successful and thorny film: Christiane F (1981) about the world of teenage drug addicts . Following various movies in all kinds of genres , such as : Last exit to Brooklyn, RAF, Nibelungs, Houdini, Palace, Rasputin, The Mists of Avalon, Pay the Ghost , among others. Rating: 6.5/10. The picture will appeal to Western fans .
A peculiar Western with fantastic touches containing noisy action, go riding, violence and impressive final duel. The movie is well set in a sleepy little town called Refuge, where the people welcome them and invite them to take anything they want, absolutely free, resuting in fantastic and bloody happenings. Here the main question is whether our mythological heroes are capable redeem themselves before gaining admittance to Heaven or screw up and go to Hell. The film is plenty of Western mythic characters and familiar faces giving acceptable interpretations, among them : Sam Shepard, Randy Quaid, Donnie Wahlberg, Eric Roberts, Peter Stormare, Brad Rowe, Shannon Kenny, John Diehl, John Dennis Johnston and Western veteran R. G. Armstrong in his final Western.
It contains evocative and colorful cinematography by William Wages. As well as thrilling musical score by Brad Fievel who previously composed Terminator soundtrack. The motion picture was well directed by Uli Edel. This German director is a good filmmaker who has worked as cinema as TV and even collaborated with Douglas Sirk in the 1980s. He has a long career with hits and flops , working as in USA as Germany. His film debut was the successful and thorny film: Christiane F (1981) about the world of teenage drug addicts . Following various movies in all kinds of genres , such as : Last exit to Brooklyn, RAF, Nibelungs, Houdini, Palace, Rasputin, The Mists of Avalon, Pay the Ghost , among others. Rating: 6.5/10. The picture will appeal to Western fans .