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The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

The best first thing you can say about this flick is that it's good old, down-home, operatic storytelling and character development.After that, it's icing on the cake. The production values are fantastic, and the direction and acting is spot-on.If you find western revenge dramas to be your thing, definitely check this one out.

I think there are lot of reviews of people who never saw past the first 15 minutes of the film. This is not a "Danish Western", and all subtitling and Danish completely ends after the first 15 minutes. This is a solid, simple western through and through. It doesn't dwell on evil, it dwells on good people dealing with evil. The Salvation reaches back to a better time in film-making. It's a lesson on how a western is supposed to make you feel and what you're supposed to learn. The main protagonist is a metaphor for what a western is: a European going on with his life in a wild land, that gets hollowed out by it, and yet is the only mechanism keeping a fickle world together with the remaining good in his character. Nevermind the setting, nevermind the accents, a western is an exploration the elemental aspects of human nature, add some gun play, then it's all wrapped up with an "into the sunset" ending. That's what's going to happen here. Virtually everyone in this cast is a revelation. Jeffrey Dean Morgan would have been in a hundred cowboy movies in another time. Mads Mikkelsen is the perfect fit for the subdued killing machine he'll transform into, and Eva Green is the lady that does more with her eyes then all the men do with their mouths. This film, to me, is the quintessential example of how to build a modern western, from the ground up, without looking like you're trying to be clever. Just tell a solid story of great lose, and have the audience climb out with some semblance of redemption. Then you get on your horse, ride into the sunset, credits roll.

"Salvation" is so grim a tale it makes "High Plains Drifter" seem like a comedy. It should more properly be called "Death and Destruction in the Old West" to give you an adequate idea of what is here. Moreover, I couldn't find the part where "Salvation" reared its head. That doesn't mean this isn't a fine film. The photography and music are exceptional, and the acting is uniformly good.Mads Mikkelsen, fresh off his role as Hannibal in the TV series, probably kills more people in this 90 minute film than he did in all 39 episodes over two years. Evan Green is delightful here, even if far less animated than she is in "Sin City" and "300".One of the things I liked best about this film is the feeling that you are witnessing the real West. Costumes, settings, hair styles, and even the attitudes displayed seem to be more appropriate to the time than most westerns.

I've been watching westerns lately. "Unforgiven" was a high point of this so-called marathon I've been having with these films, but it's cool to see some "smaller" movies too. I thought "Bone Tomahawk" was an interesting little flick, but this one was a nice surprise too."The Salvation" is a simple movie. What it lacks in budget, originality or set pieces, it makes up for in intensity and effective flow of the story. This is a revenge movie, as pure as they come. It never pretends to be anything else. And if a revenge movie starring Mads Mikkelsen exists, I'll be sure to watch it.Our main character (Mads Mikkelsen) is a danish settler and a war veteran who's been a few years in America. His brother is there already with him. He's waiting for his wife and child to visit him for the first time. And while this movie is nowhere near original as a concept, I did love this little setup about people who traveled so far to make ends meet. The spirit of hard times is captured well enough, and there is a sense of change in the air. The settlers even speak danish to each other, and English to everyone else (90% of the spoken language is in English, so don't fret). All of this is set up quickly, and that's where the subtleties end."The Salvation" doesn't waste your time after it sets up the stage. Very soon things start to go south. Bad things happen, bad people are presented, and the struggle begins. It's extremely straightforward. There are only few surprises, if any, but the movie is just too effective to be brushed away. In a sense it's also brutal, but it's not very graphic. This can be a missed opportunity, because I normally want explicit, graphic violence in my revenge movies to satisfy my weird needs, but then again this movie has other strengths. In fact, the most tense and disturbing scene of this movie did not involve any visible violence, which is a sign of writer/director Kristian Levring knowing how to do his job.The actors are fine. Mads Mikkelsen is always intense. He can bring tons of emotion without even trying. He's got the knack for that certain visible raw emotion while restraining himself just enough, and that's exactly what he does in this movie as well. Jeffrey Dean Morgan is serviceable as a Hollywood B-lister rental, and Eva Green along with veteran Jonathan Pryce is fine too, but Michael Raymond-James was really good with his limited screen time, he nailed it. Special mentions go to Nanna Oland Fabricius and Toke Lars Bjarke. They had small roles but they were important ones, and I believed what they were selling. Mikael Persbrandt was alright as Mads' brother. Good job, danes! The budget wasn't huge, and it shows. Sometimes there is a bland look to this film. There is a weird amount of poor and strangely placed CGI and some of the effects are very noticeable, but once you get past that you will find some raw beauty in this movie too. Some night scenes, for example, are beautiful. Not necessarily scenery-wise, but execution-wise. I found some cool visual elegance in the simple things, such as light coming through bullet holes, and some nice camera-work here and there. This movie is well-shot without resorting to pretentious trickery, and there is a sense of style. That style is certainly fluctuating in quality and sometimes brought down by the budget limitations, but it's there.I liked "The Salvation". It's not spectacular, original or even deep, but it knows exactly what it is and it's loyal to its roots all the way. The simple, effective nature of it overcomes some budget restraints and weird effects choices. There are well-directed scenes in this, one tense scene in particular left a lasting impression on me. There is actual talent involved. If these movies can be charming, I would call this one charming. Check it out if you're in the mood for a good old-fashioned revenge western.