The movie is mostly good, up to the ending. The final 10-15 minutes just don't make sense, with Russell Crowe appearing to run to the station instead of taking any of several chances for breaking away from Christian Bale.
Russell is truly spooky in his laid-back portrait of evil, but the "good guys" make it easy for him.
Throughout the movie, the posse bringing in Crowe was incredibly stupid in never tying him down at night or onto his horse during the day, allowing Crowe to murder a sleeping deputy at night, then grab another deputy's gun during the day when the deputy was riding too close to Crowe. I started to sour on this movie after these two incidents, as not making a whole lot of real-world sense. The ending didn't help any.
Russell is truly spooky in his laid-back portrait of evil, but the "good guys" make it easy for him.
Throughout the movie, the posse bringing in Crowe was incredibly stupid in never tying him down at night or onto his horse during the day, allowing Crowe to murder a sleeping deputy at night, then grab another deputy's gun during the day when the deputy was riding too close to Crowe. I started to sour on this movie after these two incidents, as not making a whole lot of real-world sense. The ending didn't help any.