Think you're quick enough?
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), English, French, Spanish, Subtitled
Herod (Gene Hackman), mayor and undisputed ruler of Redemption, has turned what was once a nice little town in the West, into a monument to evil, a haven to thugs, reprobates and miscreants of every type. In return for this "leniency" he keeps 50 cents on every dollar traded by this unsavory group. In order to weed out rivals and maintain his position of absolute power, every year Herod hosts a contest. A quick-draw shoot-out on the dusty streets of Redemption with a huge cash prize as bait. It attracts gun-slingers from miles around as well as home grown hopefuls, however, the winner is never really in doubt. The prize money stays with Herod, the fastest killer in the West. One day, shortly before the contest is set to begin, a mysterious young woman (Sharon Stone) rides into town, a six-shooter strapped to her hip and revenge burning in her heart. She's come to kill Herod, the man who's made her life a desolation, but she finds that she is paralyzed by demons from her past and learns that she must face them down before taking on the devils of Redemption.What Is SuperbitTM?
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"One of the most original Westerns in years. Stone gives a dead-on performance..." Jeff Craig, Sixty-Second Preview
"Sharon Stone as you have never seen her--a six shooter on her hip, revenge in her heart..." Bonnie Churchill, National News Syndicate
"One of the best old-style Westerns to hit the big screen in a long time." Andy Greiser, Ft. Worth Star Telegram
"The movie is quick and slick, but its far from dead." Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
"Sly and savvy. One of the most brilliantly stylized Western settings ever." Jay Carr, The Boston Globe
Editor's Note
Sharon Stone stars as Ellen, a beautiful gunslinger with a cloudy past. She arrives in the town of Redemption with a bone to pick, namely with one John Herod (Gene Hackman, BONNIE AND CLYDE, THE ROYAL TENNENBAUMS), with whom she shares a shady history. Ellen signs up for the annual quick-draw contest, which awards $230,000 to the winner, but her real motivation is revenge. Raimi incorporates beautiful photography and camerawork, and surprising new twists to the familiar spaghetti Western tropes, breathing new life into the genre.
Plot Summary
A young woman seeks to avenge her father's death at the annual gunfighter's tournament in the ghostly town called Redemption, where an outlaw named Herod rules with a brutal, calculating precision. The film is set on the town's one dusty street as one fighter after another is fatally eliminated from the ranks until only two fighters remain: the young woman, and Herod, her father's killer.
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