This was a very entertaining film. I am pretty picky when it comes to westerns with only a handful of movies being my favorites, but this is definitely one of the better ones I have seen in a long time. The chemistry between Reilly and Phoenix is great here, and these are two actors I would have never imagined having any kind of on screen chemistry considering they come from such different backgrounds in terms of acting. This is the kind of western I would have expected from the Coen bothers instead of that True Grit remake that came out some years ago which was good, but it didn't feel like a Coen brothers movie to me. This is very much a dark comedy at heart, but when shit gets serious the violence is pretty brutal and even kind of disturbing at times. I just wish they had done a bit more with the Jake Gyllenhaal and Riz Ahmed characters.

B+

Gripping film. I guess I am just enamoured with this era, this genre, this world. The performances are excellent (especially Joaquin Phoenix and my man Jake Gyllenhaal) but the story is also one-of-a-kind. It's about two bounty hunters called the Sisters Brothers (Phoenix and Reilly), who are sent by the Commodore (Rutger Hauer) to extract a formula from and then kill Mr. Warm (Riz Ahmed); a chemist that knows how to illuminate gold in rivers for easier prospecting. He is first tracked by Commodore employee, John Morris (Gyllenhaal), who befriends him and aids his plan to start a new society in Dallas with their acquired gold. Cool plot and very enjoyable watching it play out. There are some smaller details that also stand out, such as Eli experiencing a toothbrush for the first time, a spider crawling into Eli's mouth when asleep, and seeing cowboys at the beach. And it's brutal like a good western should be. A real gem of a film because it is a balancing act of joviality and camaraderie with regret and solemnity, and it nails it.