Seraphim Falls

Happy to take its time telling a good story, here's an intelligent, thoughtful film for grown-ups.....After the highly-underrated Matador, Seraphim Falls is another proud addition to his CV -.... ... Full Review

It's a refreshingly basic story from writer/director David Von Ancken, eschewing dialogue in favour of visceral action.....how Carver figures into it are kept under wraps for the best part of the story..... ... Full Review

John Toll's cinematography is beautiful, as always....A quiet, bitter chase film....the best thing about the film....Despite being explicitly set in the aftermath of the war between North and South, the film is oddly agnostic when it comes to context --....no better results from this week's Seraphim Falls , a film.... ... Full Review

Falls" is a stark, icy chase film.... ... Full Review

En Perseguidos por el pasado , cuyo título original es Seraphim Falls y alude al sitio en el que una misma fatalidad marcó la vida de los dos protagonistas, la primera casa recién aparece a los 17 minutos de película (y no es precisamente eso acogedor que llamaríamos un hogar), los personajes principales se cruzan con una caravana de misioneros -creyentes pero agresivos, quizás honestos pero no ingenuos- cuando han transcurrido ya 38 minutos de persecución solitaria, a los 42 se relacionan fugazmente con lo ... Full Review

Brosnan, especially, is likeably quirky.....David Von Ancken 's relentless pursuit western completely bypasses an opening credits sequence and cuts straight to the chase..... ... Full Review

As it lumbers on, the film aspires to more..... ... Full Review

The film contains sporadic, brutal if reasonably restrained violence, a mercy killing, a gruesome bullet removal and some crude language and profanity. Neither turns out to be quite true, and the film does have a couple of twists before climaxing with a redemptive confrontation in the desert. ... Full Review

It doesnt hurt that the scenery throughout the film is gorgeous, from the wintery mountainside at the beginning to the scorching flats of the end. Seraphim Falls may not add all that much originality to the western genre, but its a fun trip along the way. ... Full Review

You could say that "Seraphim Falls," was no better than the typical Westerns of the 1950s and '60s--which I think underrates it. The story, set right after the Civil War, is a hellacious chase-revenge saga involving an embittered ex-Confederate colonel, Carver (Neeson), relentlessly pursuing the ex-Yankee captain, Gideon (Brosnan), whom he blames for a wartime atrocity and tragedy. ... Full Review