Slow West

2015 84 min ★ 6.7 Western, Drama, Adventure, Romance, Thriller

In the Old West, a 17-year-old Scottish boy teams up with a mysterious gunman to find the woman with whom he is infatuated.

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Cast

Michael Fassbender

Silas

Kodi Smit-McPhee

Jay Cavendish

Ben Mendelsohn

Payne

Caren Pistorius

Rose Ross

Rory McCann

John Ross

Eddie Campbell

Skelly

Brooke Williams

Maria

Alex Macqueen

Rupert Cavendish

Kalani Queypo

Kotori

Madeleine Sami

Marimacho

Details

Director

John Maclean

Tagline

"Wanted Dead or Dead"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$2,000,000

Revenue

$1,617,522

Production

Film4 Productions, BFI, New Zealand Film Commission, Cross City Films, HanWay Films, DMC Film, See-Saw Films

Reviews

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Reno

September 14, 2015

★ 8/10

> Going across the Atlantic to find the lost love. A western movie set in the 1870 United States, but entirely shot in the New Zealand. The story of a 16 year old boy, Jay, from Scotland embarks a journey in the New World in search of his love, Rose. Later a bounty hunter joins him and makes sure his safe travel. Technically, it was a road movie, but reveals the plot from the other angles as we...

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John Chard

March 6, 2016

★ 9/10

One's a falling angel - the other one's a rising devil. Slow West is written and directed by John Maclean. It stars Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Fassbender, Ben Mendelsohn, Caren Pistorius and Rory McCann. Music is by Jed Kurzel and cinematography by Robbie Ryan. It's the late 1800s and a teenage Scottish aristocrat travels to the American West to track down the girl he loves with all his heart...