Often beautiful to look and painful to watch, this is at heart a simple tale of revenge. I enjoyed it but felt the whole thing could probably have been done in 3 episodes. Episodes 3-5 drag and meander into story arcs which are unclear (though all becomes clearer in the end). The cinematography is excellent though I think at times it is clear we are looking at the Spanish plains and not the American West. Acting is excellent all round though the storylines get a tad offbeat at times - many characters and introduced with great build up and then quickly dispatched without any real development. The end is excellent and really quite poignant. Good effort, though would have made a better movie with a more linear storyline.
Review of The English
