“Appaloosa” contains seemingly every well-worn cliche of the Western. There are the strong, silent gunmen and the sassy woman who’s more afraid of them dying than they are themselves. There’s the ...

“Appaloosa” reunites Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen, only with a lot more history and a little less violence. That’s not to suggest the new Western isn’t a bloody affair: The burly-looking 8-gauge that ...

Viggo Mortensen, left, and Ed Harris take care of business in the Harris-helmed Western 'Appaloosa.' Legend has it (because "the studio-provided production notes have it" just doesn't sound Western-y ...

Appaloosa is a handsome western set in 1882, with expert wide-screen cinematography by Dean Semler (Dances With Wolves). It also has a starry cast, with Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen as two pro ...

“Course he’s willing to die. You think we do this kinda work ’cause we scared to die?” So speaks Virgil Cole (Ed Harris) about his sidekick Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen), as the two stare down a ...

The first trailer for Ed Harris' western Appaloosa has been released. Last year when both 3:10 to Yuma and Assassination of Jesse James hit theaters, I predicted that the western genre might be ...

TORONTO - Viggo Mortensen follows a classic cowboy code in the Western "Appaloosa" : Speak softly and carry a big honkin' gun. As an Old West lawman, Mortensen packs a booming eight-gauge shotgun in ...

Halfway through the film, evil rancher Randall Bragg (Jeremy Irons) eludes the practiced clutches of lawman Virgil Cole (Ed Harris). “I told you you’d never hang me,” Bragg boasts, and Virgil replies, ...

It’s not a great Western, but “Appaloosa” is the only Western in town. It’s also one of the rarest of modern movies: a “routine” Western. Fans of the genre should give thanks that, for once, the ...