Art meets Western in this movie, and maybe I just wasn't ready for that. When my parents and I rented this, we were expecting a modern western, something that isn't seen too often nowadays. Instead, we rented a movie that was pretty out there.
Jumping from modern New York to the Old West and then to the Far East, we weren't sure what to make of this movie. I found the relationship between the thief and the old lady to be odd, yet interesting. However, I wasn't really interested in the rest of the movie. It was too disjointed for my taste.
As for the violence, it was up there with Gangs of New York and Braveheart, maybe even worse. The characters in the movie seemed to celebrate the violence and surround themselves in it. And just to make things even more realistic, there were at least three times when characters threw up. It was a good thing I wasn't eating while watching this movie, or I might have vomited as well.
Dust is a unique movie, but not one that movie-watchers should go into recreationally, like we did.
My IMDB Rating: 5/10. My Yahoo! Grade: C+ (Flawed but Worthy)
Jumping from modern New York to the Old West and then to the Far East, we weren't sure what to make of this movie. I found the relationship between the thief and the old lady to be odd, yet interesting. However, I wasn't really interested in the rest of the movie. It was too disjointed for my taste.
As for the violence, it was up there with Gangs of New York and Braveheart, maybe even worse. The characters in the movie seemed to celebrate the violence and surround themselves in it. And just to make things even more realistic, there were at least three times when characters threw up. It was a good thing I wasn't eating while watching this movie, or I might have vomited as well.
Dust is a unique movie, but not one that movie-watchers should go into recreationally, like we did.
My IMDB Rating: 5/10. My Yahoo! Grade: C+ (Flawed but Worthy)