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Clint Eastwood is known as an iconic western hero since John Wayne. All of his Westerns are action packed and the character can only be pulled off by him. Well I'm going to review the last Western film he ever starred in and the film won Best Picture and is considered one of the greatest Westerns of all time. I give you...



Clint Eastwood plays an aging gun slinger named William Munny who's retired his life of crime. However, he decides to pull one last job for the money and that's to kill two men who cut up a whore. William gets his old partner Ned (Morgan Freeman) and accompanies a young man called The Schofield Kid(Jaimz Woolvett). However the nasty Sheriff Little Bill (Gene Hackman) is planing to stop the trio.



Most of us believe we're going to see Clint Eastwood all badass and ready to fight and kill. Forget it, he's not like the Man With No Name or Josey Wales, he's actually a weak old man with a history of killings. He can't shoot, he can't fight back, heck he has trouble taking care of the hogs in his farm. Actually, I love that we see Eastwood this way because it's not what we expect and instead of doing a film where he's old but acts young, they treat his old age and retirement really seriously. Will we see good old Eastwood as we remember him, just watch the film and you tell me.

 

The supporting cast are just as great as Eastwood. First we have Morgan Freeman as his partner and come on lets be honest that's already epic enough to talk about Freeman, two legends fighting together it can't lose. Jamiz Woolveltt is just as great as Freeman and Eastwood and his character has an interesting twist. Gene Hackmen as Little Bill has to be one of the toughest characters Eastwood's ever faced in a Western. Other characters like the whore Strawberry Alice (Frances Fisher), the victim whore girl Delilah(Anna Levine), the Saloon owner and Pimp Skinny Dubois (Anthony James), the two killers Quick Mike (David Mucci) and  Davey Bunting(Rob Campbell) and the writer W. W. Beauchamp(Saul Rubinek) are all great and memorable. My favorite in the supporting characters is English Bob (Richard Harris). Although he's a character you don't need and he practically gets his ass handed to him by Hackman, he's still a very fun character.



As for the film itself, it's a solid Western film. Ok don't expect to much shooting which is a tad bit of a downer, however "The Searches" one of the greatest Western films of all time didn't have to much shooting in it either. Trust me when I say you'll be satisfied towards the end. The film has a great Western atmosphere and the guitar score is really fitting for this Western environment. The cinematography and Art Direction also helps pull you into this Western film.

Overall this is a great cap to Eastwoods Western career and it is indeed a great Western film. Eastwood was also kind enough to dedicate this film Sergio Leone and Don Siegel. It's also the 3rd Western film to win Best Picture.

RATING 5/5