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Waste of time

How sad is this?

For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

6.7/10 Un poco triste, pero valió la pena verla #netfix

I have read one review which talks about why this did not have a good review and he talked about the cinematography. Please understand that Cinematography is a useless word and deals with how it looks at a cinema. The acting is mediocre as I would expect from the Sutherland's. The supporting actors are so bad and the script is so bad that I would rather watch a 1930's western. I woefully watched the entire movie and even the ending is stupid. How it got such a high rating is unimaginable. I give this a 4. Apparently Hollywood knows nothing about the Bible and nothing about the Civil War. Who ever wrote this movie knows nothing about much and knows little about anything.

Released in 2015 and directed by Jon Cassar, "Forsaken" is a Western starring Kiefer Sutherland as a repentant prodigal son who returns to his hometown in the Northwest after going off to fight the Civil War and afterward morphing into a notorious gunfighter. His mother's now passed away and his father, the town preacher (Donald Sutherland), has a hard time embracing him. Demi Moore plays his youthful flame, now married (the husband played by Jonny Rees). Brian Cox is on hand as the land-grabbing villain with his hired guns (Aaron Poole and Dylan Smith). Michael Wincott stands out as the southern Gentleman Dave, an honorable gunfighter.This is a nigh excellent realistic Western even though parts are too by-the-numbers and it clearly borrows from past Westerns, like the towering "Shane" and "Unforgiven." But it's different enough to stand on its own and holds some agreeable surprises up its sleeve.I like the subplot about the Civil War causing John Henry (Kiefer) to become disillusioned, falling into the gunfighting lifestyle. Kiefer is unexpectedly good as the protagonist, easily carrying the movie with the help of his father; the church sequence is particularly effective. I also appreciate the message with the romantic subplot, which is the antithesis of the eye-rolling events in "Pale Rider," a film that borrowed even heavier from "Shane" and could be called a total rip-off (or homage). I thought I had the ending figured out, but I was wrong, which is good.The movie runs 90 minutes and was shot in CL Ranch, Springbank, Alberta, Canada.GRADE: Borderline A-/B+ ADDITIONAL COMMENTARY *** SPOILER ALERT ***Someone criticized "Forsaken" on the grounds that it was a "low-budget Pale Rider," But there are significant differences between the two movies: John Henry (Kiefer) in "Forsaken" is a human being rather than a mysterious supernatural figure like the Preacher (Eastwood) in "Pale Rider." John Henry served during the Civil War, clearly suffering PTSS and swearing off killing whereas the Preacher appears as a sort of angel of vengeance with zero qualms about killing those who deserve it.John Henry humbles himself, allowing himself to get his axx kicked, whereas the Preacher is superhuman, always kicking axx from the get-go.As a human being, John Henry repents in tears in the church facility, hugged by his father, whereas the Preacher needs to do no such thing.John Henry loved the woman (Mary Alice) enough to not mess with her in any way and thus risk destroying her family whereas the Preacher has sex with the woman even though her kindly husband, Hull, is his friend and he's supposed to be an agent of righteousness (!), which is a gaping plot hole.John Henry doesn't want to take on Gentleman Dave, if he doesn't have to, likely because they're birds of a feather and he recognizes Dave's code of honor, unlike the other scumbag thugs hired by McMurdy. He also mercifully allows the young hirelings the chance to leave the gunfight. By contrast, the Preacher basically kills everyone linked to the villain without mercy."Forsaken" is real-life dramatic Western whereas "Pale Rider" is a mythical Western with supernatural elements.

This movie had some wonderful shots of a small town but lacked reality in a few areas. The movie is set in 1872 and John Henry Clayton (Kiefer Sutherland) is an adult but I had to laugh watching him use an ax and hook a chain on some fallen trees. Looked the first he ever swung an ax. I would think actors would be give some basic training with they don't know these basic skills. At least they would look like they know what they were doing. When a gun is fired, it recoils or jumps back and up. In this movie they pretty much stay still. And guns are LOUD. But here, even when shot in a building no one ever flinches or even reacts to the noise. And did I hear correctly? Did the store clerk say the revolver held nine shots of 10 gauge? That would make the cylinder a big as a grapefruit and kick like a mule. Why would anyone wear gloves when they are handling a revolver, particularly if they need to draw the gun from their holster? Millions of dollars spent on making a movie the director misses this stuff.