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The movie follows a former gunslinger who is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew encounter a corrupt sheriff and kingpin rancher who govern the territory through fear, tyranny and violence.
A flawed but highly entertaining B Western blown up to John Ford scale.
August 21, 2003
Urban Cinefile
Thoroughly enjoyable and involving, Kevin Costner's Open Range is a beautifully made western about flawed heroes who believe in redemption, loyalty and respect.
Just about everything in this movie has its antecedent: a little bit of Shane here, a chunk of High Noon there, and so on. And yet it's all rather pleasing, in a regressive sort of way.
Range is handed a stunning period scope by Costner's directorial eye, while forming an unexpectedly tender core to help endear these character past their grizzled exterior.
The thunderous climax -one of the muddiest, bloodiest and most chaotic gunfights of the 2000s -makes it clear that Kevin Costner's plaintive, patient, slightly overlong Western was only sitting for a spell to race toward the finish.