Not your average western,but great actors,good character developement,and good use of flashbacks. Could be classified as a mystery. Russell Crowe really seems as if he had not bathed throughout the movie,giving some realism to the movie. The gun tournaments reminds one of medievel contests, though one could guess who would win up until the last round. One unanswered question in this movie was the reason for the lack of love between father and son played by Gene Hackman and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Review of The Quick and the Dead
