Well what to say about Dead For A Dollar? It was for sure not Walter Hill's best movie. Sometimes it looked very cheap and not only because of the decor. I thought there were a lot of bad decisions made by the editing team. Fading out from one scene to another, it didn't look good, itlooked like a cheap soap episode, a television movie of low quality. The colour tones were also not the best choice, made it look done by amateurs again. Disappointing for Walter Hill. The cast wasn't bad, well at least not all of them. Willem Dafoe and Christoph Waltz are both actors that can do very well in such roles, and they were not really disappointing but since the quality of certain scenes was quite low their acting didn't really made the movie good. You could say we were lucky with them, with any other mediocre actor this movie would have completely plummeted. The story had potential for a good western but the execution wasn't what to expected. It's watchable but it should have been much better.
Dead for a Dollar
2022
Action / Thriller / Western
Dead for a Dollar
2022
Action / Thriller / Western
52% - Critics
35% - Audience
5.2
Plot summary
A famed bounty hunter runs into his sworn enemy, a professional gambler and outlaw that he had sent to prison years before.
September 30, 2022 at 09:24 AM
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Looked very cheap.
Not sure what this was
I'd start by saying Waltz, Dafoe, Bratt and the others are great actors. All did a great job with what they had here. Problem is, not sure what they had here.
The scenes were a bit choppy and kept waiting for a tv commercial to play between them.
Pretty sure I nodded off at one point and missed some, but it made no difference.
This was a western, I think, but not one I'd recommend for western movie watchers. The actors are top notch but just couldn't save it.
I would have tried for a spaghetti western vibe over this 50s American tv series type. The scenes with Waltz and Dafoe were good but the writing, no sir, I didn't like it.
It was simply too elementary. Ah well, better luck next time.
NOT AS BAD AS THE REVIEWS SAY
I Quite enjoyed the film, the cast was worth half the rating and the plot was quite interesting. Looks like some reviews are plainly off mark or the reviewers haven't seen enough westerns to enjoy it. I feel Hill was working on a shoestring budget, probably a bigger studio may have made the result more positive. Yes some stars in the film are more known today as support cast but they are great actors and they have responded positively in the film. I would have preferred a little more pace in the narrative like the older westerns but the art of storytelling decides on that I guess, a little more action may have kept the audiences glued I suppose. Overall a refreshing western after a long time.
an old school great western on the road of Budd Boetticher and Don Siegel. But the bad reviews can¨t catch that fact. However, in their times Boetticher was bad reviewed and now is a master. So, ignore the hate and ride into this little good movie
Damn! Black female viking chiefs in vikings, Black cowboys, what's next in Hollywierd black eskimoes...
Just finished this movie. It tried hard but fell short of any type of suspense. It was slow moving and the action scenes were strained. I felt like I was watching an amateur reenactment that you see at a tourist trap. Waltz and Defoe's performances were flat and uninspiring. The dialog was lazy. The movie was just dull and the only reason to watch until the end is the hope that there'll be a twist or something unpredictable. There isn't. Ends how you'd expect. Defoe's death scene was overacted and Waltz's dialog during it was underacted. This was just boring from start to finish. 1/10.
2Rokudaime: He's great. And so are Christoph Waltz and Rachel Brosnahan. Ignore the negative reviews and enjoy the film as I did.
A brilliant old-school Western from the master! Ignore the whiners.
From legendary filmmaker Walter Hill comes a movie so AWFUL, you will question if it was even made by Walter Hill
wow this looks like a budget movie I'd see on lifetime
DonkeyPox strikes again.
I feel sorry for Willem Dafoe and Christoph Waltz, what the frack did they film this movie with? A game boy camera?
Darn it, it's a shame it's apparently so bad. Willem Dafoe is usually fantastic as a badguy, so I was intrigued...
They can always twist a good proven story with good cinematography and latest effects with reasonable acting to get a solid 6/10 or just do a Louis L'Amour story.
I love westerns but this is just bad
Can EvilPixel or VladislavDrac explain what makes this a "woke movie"? In fact, could one of you tell me what a "woke movie" even is? Thanks.
Don't read comments before downloading, if you do you will never watch any movies
Wow, that trailer paints the picture well enough to see the calibre of film this presents. I'm going to doge this bullet.
Christoph Waltz and Willem Dafoe on a woke movie? Are you fr guys?
is it really that bad?
Yeah another woke movie to skip. For months i've just been watching movies from 1930 untill 1950. I'll just keep doing that untill we get real movies again
Can't trust imdb ratings anymore
surprisingly AWFUL and pointless movie lol. save your time and skip it