1995 - THE QUICK AND THE DEAD, Sam Raimi's eccentric western

Sam Raimi's hyped up visual style is applied to this western about a contest to see who is the fastest gun in town.  Sharon Stone stars and gets a producer credit on the film.  Stone isn't really playing her usual sexy self for some reason, she's rather sullen throughout the film.

I will say this about the film is has an amazing cast.  Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio, Pat Hingle, Lance Henrickson, Keith David and in his last appearance on film Woody Strode.

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The film is essentially a series of gunfights staged by Raimi with about every bit of visual craziness he can muster.  Gene Hackman basically recreates his Uncle Billy character from Clint Eastwood's The Unforgiven.  Russel Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio were still fairly new in their film career.  

 

The film is a lot of fun to watch mostly for the crazy gunfights and Hackman's scenery chewing performance.  The Quick and the Dead was written by Simon Moore and runs 108 minutes.