Gave this a watch after a few recent recommendations.
- Steffan’s so baby-faced and soft-haired in this that it’s hard to reconcile his appearance with the way characters react to him.
- …though it kind of grew on me when you see the flashback and he’s this naive, doe-eyed young soldier; and who you see in the film tracks as someone who still feels connected to that.
- The petulant sadist of the brother was an excellent villain you love to hate.
- A lot of the visuals were absolute aces, especially when the shot-down gunmen were sent back, strapped to crosses, upon their horses’ backs (the lead would’ve been a lot less mysterious had they shown him going through all the effort to rig that up.
- I about lost it when Steffan started pulling himself up that rope around his neck. For a second, I thought he was gonna climb the whole thing, until he went for his knife. The way the sudden slack from cutting the rope led to the brother’s peril was a chef’s kiss of an on-screen death.
- However, I’m not sure how there’s any ambiguity (as early comments in this thread seem to indicate) around his not being supernatural, even after he’s been shot and bleeding?
Overall, quite enjoyed it.
