Unforgiven (1992)

Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 6 10:36

I’ve been trying to make up my mind on Unforgiven for the past few days. After seemingly going through a spell of watching only films that were situated in the American West, I thought I owed it to myself to watch Unforgiven, particularly due to the sheer amount of Academy Awards it has managed to win. Directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven is a tale of old age. Formerly a notorious bandit, old father time has caught up with Eastwood’s character and he has since settled into an honest and unglamorous lifestyle, thanks to the gracious influence of his recently departed wife. Struggling financially with his two children and with a flock of animals who are unlikely to provide any income for the family, he is cajoled into accompanying a naive gunslinger to collect a bounty ...Read more

Rating : 6/10

Posted : 1 year, 6 months ago at Apr 29 5:48

"It's a hell of a thing, killin' a man. Take away all he's got, and all he's ever gonna have." Unforgiven could be the greatest western film in the history of cinema. Clint Eastwood proves an able director for this stunning film, and shows that he has learnt much from starring in spaghetti westerns by Sergio Leone. Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman play William Munny and Ned Logan; two retired gunslingers who live tranquil lives. After a group of cowboys horribly disfigure a prostitute, a bounty is put on their head. Eastwood and Freeman answer the call, hoping to put an end to their gunslinging after picking up the sizable reward of $1,000. As the two ride across colonial America with the help of a young wannabe cowboy (Woolvett), the sheriff of the town of Big Whiskey, Little ...Read more

Rating : 9/10