The Harder They Fall

...a bloody pleasure: a revenge Western packed with memorable characters played by memorable actors...

...it's happy to go hard — letting the chips, and the unlucky desperadoes, fall where they may.

This is a really cine-literate piece of work, with echoes of Sergio Leone, John Sturges and perhaps also Mario Van Peebles’s Posse.

...will still be standing when the smoke clears. The Bullitts doesn’t miss.

...takes the staples of old-school westerns (bandits, bank jobs, train robberies, rowdy taverns, shootouts) but blends them all together in a manner that feels fresh and vibrant.