Review of Renegade

Renegade (2004)
Terrific actors, wonderful direction, but somehow it didnt become one.
14 April 2024
Difficult to rate this movie (therefore I didnt), because this movie has a lot going for it, but it somehow just didnt excite. And I know the main reason why!

The bad: I am a big fan of the French actor Vincent Cassel, who is a huge legendary star in his homecountry. I have only one BIG problem with Vincent Cassel and that is his terrible French accent when he tries to speak English. He tries to masquerade his French accent with a thick fake American accent but it doesnt work (for me it doesnt).

Everytime I hear Vincent Cassel speak English I cringe a bit. And they even gave him as few as possible lines to speak, but it nonetheless ruined this entire movie for me.

Not any good then? Hold on, this movie looks the part, with eyedroppingly gorgeous photography and a beautiful soundscore. The other actors are really great and worth watching. The direction is out of wack. Such a pity it just didnt become one solid movie.

Give it a try if you are into SURREAL Westerns, because this movie is so much more than another straight forward Western, because it has got lots of Indian mystique and lucid dreams that dont make much sense but are quite mesmirising and intrigueing...

Surreal Western which has got some flaws, but also some goodies, probably best suited for the arthouse movie fan of surreal stories.
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