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Catarina Gomes
31Jul11
As the aficcionate I am for the American Civil War, I will watch any movie about the subject that presents to me. However this one didn't convinced me. Surely It has some good moments and Rhys Meyers rose in my consideration, but in the end I didn't liked it as I thought I would. The worst, still, is not knowing what to blame.
Caden Cotard
13Nov10
Right, so the message I got from Ride W/ the Devil was that because not all Southerners were assholes, the the Confederates were wrongly demonized.
DeJardinblum
27Oct10
Boring and sympathetic defense of conformity. More interesting is the unexplored character of Pitt Mackeson, in who we see the historical origins of the Machiavellian gunslinger, the Django-like anti-hero. Corbucci, I give you the young William Munny.
J. Pomp
17Sep10
Strikingly well-developed characters, among other unique traits, but it can't totally escape the inherent staleness of the Civil War film. Fred Elmes' cinematography is characteristically brilliant, though...these are among the best American landscapes in recent memory. The upper third of exterior frames is generally devoid of anything but sky, reminding us of the smallness of the world in which this film takes place
BrianFromConcentrate
1Jun10
The Criterion blu-ray transfer is really great. The greens just pop out in almost every frame. The battle sequences were very well done as well. I definitely enjoyed the film.
Mark Mahaffey
25May10
Stunning. Beautiful and even-handed. And one of the best film transfers Criterion has done.
Derek
24Jan10
I remember watching this movie a few years ago and not even realizing who had directed it, taking a look back at it now it kind of reminds me of the outsiders, Look at the actors that were really just getting off of their feet then but are well known stars now. I think this is a great movie, definitely very underrated.