In an untamed world where hypocrisy is loud and where no one can be trusted, salvation is one's own business and actions speak louder than words.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 24, 2015

Wild West vengeance gets a terrific homage and a bloody reckoning in this oater excursion ...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 23, 2015

It never transcends reverent pastiche, down to the hackneyed twang of Morricone-style guitars.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 19, 2015

It's the detail -- the fly on the dead man's face and all those close-ups of characters' stirruped boots clanking on wooden floors -- that makes The Salvation so enjoyable.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 16, 2015

The Salvation is of that rare genre: the Danish western, starring the always-magnificent Mads Mikkelsen as Jon, a Nordic settler in the (extremely) Wild West of America in 1871.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 16, 2015

Mikkelsen makes a great western hero. In an earlier age, this might have been his entire career.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 16, 2015

A truly reprehensible revenge western.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 16, 2015

Sadly, the director's stylistic gambits get the better of him at the precise point when the plotting gets wobbly, and the result is a pile-up and a waste.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 16, 2015

Lacks enough complexity to hold cliché at bay, and the CGI-heavy visuals are distracting.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 13, 2015

The Salvation is severe and bloody stuff.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 13, 2015

Surprises are few and far between in "The Salvation," but for Western fans looking for a fix, it'll do the trick.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 12, 2015

A film reminiscent of a song that sounds familiar but offers its own pleasures.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 12, 2015

Worth seeing just for the faces, starting with Mads Mikkelsen as the suffering hero, then moving on to Jeffrey Dean Morgan as the rotten, savvy heavy, Eva Green as the mutilated woman, and Jonathan Pryce as the craven mayor.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 6, 2015

Slick, hyperstylized, and lushly scored- a far cry from Levring and co-writer Anders Thomas Jensen's Dogme days-The Salvation is, under its glossy Western veneer, a simple, old-fashioned revenge thriller.

| Mar 6, 2015

"The Salvation" is one of those movies that deservedly (and desperately) requires a do-over. Unfortunately, what you see is what you get.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 5, 2015

Mikkelsen's icy stare, and a strong finale, make the film worth a go.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 27, 2015

The Salvation is visually beautiful, morally down and dirty, and simplistic. But it's marked by two haunted, quiet performances from stars Mads Mikkelsen and Eva Green, who make [an] otherwise predictable slog worthwhile.

| Feb 27, 2015

For western fans, watching this movie is like encountering an old friend after a long absence.

| Original Score: B | Feb 27, 2015

It is not a particularly light-hearted Western but it's also neither portentous nor pretentious, and it doesn't wear out its welcome.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 27, 2015

Lack of mystery doesn't hurt the movie, but rather fits a story as elemental as this, one that at times resembles an illustrated list of genre codes and conventions: black hat, white hat, six-shooter, horse.

| Feb 26, 2015