Mads Mikkelsen, the well-known Danish actor who plays Hannibal Lector in the American Hannibal TV series is the male lead, playing opposite genre favorite and “Bond girl” Eva Green (The Golden Compass, 300: Rise of an Empire).Īfter the break check out the trailer for The Salvation. Instead we have two big European names, former stars of Casino Royale. It may be the lack of Hollywood’s A-List actors. Yuma was a little bit too Hollywood to result in a modern classic, but there’s something about The Salvation’s trailer that gives us hope.
The last time we saw a movie that had that right Western look was the remake of 3:10 to Yuma, starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale, released in 2007. Danish director Kristian Levring is bringing to the States the next Western this year with his revenge story The Salvation.īetter labeled a EuroWestern perhaps than spaghetti Western, the trailer for The Salvation is making the rounds now after a European release last year, finally to make it into select U.S. Overall, Barry Nelson isnt bad as Bond but making the character American was a mistake, and by the actors own admission there wasnt much charm to the spy as he was presented on the show. When we think of Westerns made outside the United States the first that come to mind are usually those directed by Sergio Leone and scored by Ennio Morricone–the “spaghetti Westerns.” The best of these are from the 1960s, A Fistful of Dollars and The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly. Casino Royale, with the infamous torture scene reimagined as the villain removing Bonds toenails offscreen.
