John Hillcoat, the man who helmed 'The Road', first helmed 'The Proposition'. After seeing this film its hard to believe the same man directed both films. Not that this was on the opposite spectrum in quality, but just in style differences. The film just doesn't move passed its fast paced exaggerations. Almost nothing in the film allows for development in the mind of the viewer. The actors really aren't given very much to work with in terms of putting on a show of talent. The story doesn't derail from the common old violence in America, where a gun does all the talking. This style isn't inherently bad, or totally wrong, but how I have seen it executed, it just has been bad every time that I can recall. I think its constant films like this that pushes the genre "western" further and further from good. When people think "western" they think cheesy cowboy films with a lot of horses and bullets, just like this one.
The acting, based on what was asked, is mediocre. I am interested in a few of the actors in this film, just not in these roles, or maybe under this style of direction. The cinematography was decent... but then again, the word decent is just the word to sum up this film.
"The Proposition"
6 / 10
