Sweetwater

Name: Sweetwater
Genre: Thriller, Western
Released: October 11, 2013
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 38
Cast: Ed Harris, Eduardo Noriega, January Jones, Jason Isaacs, Stephen Root

2013

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Arc Entertainment | Release Date: October 11, 2013 | R

Starring: Ed Harris, Eduardo Noriega, January Jones, Jason Isaacs, Stephen Root

Summary: In the late 1800s, a fanatical religious leader (Jason Isaacs), a renegade Sheriff (Ed Harris), and a former prostitute (January Jones) collide in a blood triangle on the rugged plains of the New Mexico Territory.

Director: Logan Miller

Genre(s): Thriller, Western

Rating: R

Runtime: 95 min

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William Goss

Oct 21, 2013

Rare is the Western that’s too low-rent to be satisfyingly lurid, but with hardly any tension or personality to its name, Sweetwater just misses the mark. Read full review

Robert Abele

Oct 10, 2013

As violent act begets silly exchange begets another violent act, Sweetwater squanders its noteworthy resources — a cast enjoying themselves (especially Isaacs and Harris), and some effectively brooding outdoor cinematography. Read full review

Michael Nordine

Oct 8, 2013

That Sweetwater is so generic doesn't prevent it from being intermittently entertaining. Read full review

Todd McCarthy

Oct 14, 2013

The Old West is portrayed as a venal loony bin in Sweetwater, a handsomely designed, occasionally funny but ultimately empty female vengeance yarn. Read full review

Barbara VanDenburgh

Oct 10, 2013

The characters aren’t the only things painted in broad strokes. Sweetwater is rife with gauche symbolism and imagery. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Oct 14, 2013

Fancy-sounding dialogue and handsome widescreen lensing goes only so far to disguise the shallowness of the underlying material. Read full review

David Lewis

Oct 10, 2013

A revenge-fantasy Western that wants to luxuriate in its B-movie roots but suffers from dull direction and an even duller central performance. Read full review

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DawdlingPoet

Nov 28, 2021

This is a dark watch - it has quite a sinister feel to it, with a shadow of foreboding. However, the action side of this Western film is somewhat sporadic. The viewer is left somewhat on tenterhooks, wondering who will 'kick off' next and what may come of it. There is some witty dialogue atThis is a dark watch - it has quite a sinister feel to it, with a shadow of foreboding. However, the action side of this Western film is somewhat sporadic. The viewer is left somewhat on tenterhooks, wondering who will 'kick off' next and what may come of it. There is some witty dialogue at times, with things said such as 'go scrub your ass with a cactus brush!' - nice mental image, that(!).

Its reasonably atmospheric but if your keen on fast paced films then this one may bore or distract you as there is a fair emphasis on dialogue heavy scenes. There are one or two potential jump scares too, depending on how nerve-y you may be. There is of course some strong-ish violence shown, bloody violence although the film is for the most part darkly lit, so there isn't a huge amount of detail shown but certainly enough to get the general idea of whats going on, if you know what I mean. There is also a religious aspect to this film, in that numerous crucifixes are shown i.e. Christianity. One of the characters is shown quoting what I assume to be verses from the bible, which is ironic given the dark deeds/violence inflicted on others, which I would certainly assume not to be promoted by the Bible(!) but it does add to the general sinister atmosphere provided. I mention this as it may or may not offend you if you are devoutly religious. The violence is very much comic book in style, with sudden movements and so on. I feel that this film is a mix of action/thriller and a Western and it tries perhaps too much to be both a serious and a flippant film and it doesn't enitrely work. Its an average, alright watch but not quite good as such, I'd say, hence my 5 out of 10 rating.… Expand

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royphishooh

Oct 10, 2015

Violent offensive rubbish. Atrocious acting and a contrived plot. Don't waste your time watching this terrible film. Ed Harris is a fine actor but he is as bad as all the other members of the cast in the horrible film.

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