APALOOSA: Viggo Mortensen Is The Only Reason To See This Movie

I had such high hopes for 'Apaloosa'... but was disappointed. I actually went to the theater expecting, or hoping, to see something as powerful as 'No Country For Old Men'. I realize the movies are completely different in approach... perhaps I was just wanting. My biggest disappointment for this movie was the lack of quality character development. The scenes meant to develop the characters of the three main players (Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Renée Zellweger,) in the film actually slowed the momentum. While the film is built around the Harris character, Mortensen's character is far more intriguing. From the start of the movie to the very final scene, you are left to wonder what more there is to know about him. He actaully keeps the forward motion of the moving chugging along the tracks. His character portrayal is wildy arousing. He develops his character with such complexity that it becomes a very simple character to watch... masterfully executed. If there is a reason to see this movie at all, it is simply Mortensen.

The movie synopsis from IMDB.
Based on the 2005 Western novel by Robert B. Parker, " Appaloosa" is centered around lawman Virgil Cole (Ed Harris) and his deputy Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen), two friends who are hired to defend a lawless 1880s town from a murderous rancher (Jeremy Irons). Their efforts are disrupted and friendship tested by the arrival of a woman. (Renée Zellweger).