And it's not a pretty sight. In case you didn't know, Walter Hill is a legendary director known for such classics as Southern Comfort, The Warriors, 48 Hours, Last Man Standing and Crossroads. He hasn't made much recently so I was really excited to hear of Dead for a Dollar. I was further encouraged by Christoph Waltz and Willem Dafoe taking on the roles of protagonist and antagonist respectably. However I was badly disappointed by the result. Apparently based on true events, Dead for a Dollar is a low budget badly written western with heavy overtones of racism and sexism. Christoph Waltz doesn't give a convincing performance as the bounty hunter with a heart however Willem Dafoe does better. The rest of the cast are as wooden as the appalling sets and the whole is shot with all the visual flair of a PSA regarding hemeroids.
Review of Dead for a Dollar
