Adrian Lester, Anne Brochet, David Wenham

At the turn of the last century in the American West, two brothers fall in love with the same woman. Lilith choosed the younger brother, Elijah. The embittered Luke travels alone to Europe. His demons...( read more  read more... ) drive him to Macedonia where he becomes a ruthless mercenary fighting amongst the vicious local gangs. However, the revolutiion takes on a personal face when pregnant Neda saves dying Luke. 100 years later, in New York City, a desperate robber, Edge, tries to part an ederly woman from her life savings. But Angela won't give up her hoard of ancient gold coins until he's listened to her story of the two brothers who fell for the same woman a long time ago in the Wild West.

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R, 2 hrs. 4 min.

Directed by: Milcho Manchevski

Release Date: January 1, 2003

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DVD Release Date: November 11, 2003

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  • December 5, 2008
    Essentially, the story is of a burglar (Lester) who breaks into a house of an old woman (Murphy) in New York and she tells him the story of American cowboys (Fiennes and Wenham) in the Ottoman Empire in Macedonia and their tangled fraternal love/hatred when confronted with a beau...( read more)tiful woman. It's a story that dips in and out of narrative timelines. David Wenham and Joseph Fiennes play two cowboy brothers that wind up in Macedonia, fighting on different sides in a bloody conflict between the Macedonian natives and the oppressive Ottomans. Luke fights on the Ottoman side because they pay in gold, Elijah on the Macedonian because they are the right side. There are many bloody scenes here and it is one thing that I don't like with this film. The overall carnage gets too exhausting, simply put. And there is no real thrill in it either, except for the villains getting killed. The parallel stories intertwining aren't nearly as effective here as in "Before the rain". The plot with the black burglar and the old woman is weak and ineffective. Only the dramatic relationship between Luke (Wenham)and Elijah (Fiennes) and their rivalry over the beautiful and headstrong Lilith (unknown but solid actress) is what makes this film interesting and worthwhile. Wenham gives a really powerful performance here and even overshadows both Fiennes and the rest of the cast. Well worth watching.
  • March 31, 2007
    What a waste of time. I didn't like any of the characters or believe any of the relationships, so I really didn't get the point of this film. I found the relationship between the old lady, whoever she was, and the burglar who was trying to rob her apartment, particularly ludicrou...( read more)s. Now, David Wenham and Joseph Fiennes are fine actors, but they are just laughably bad in this. Maybe it's the script, or their hilarious American accents, but they are not believable for one second. Several times during the movie, I felt like giving them both a good, swift kick for subjecting me to this travesty. There are so many ridiculous scenes, like the one where the burglar attacks the refrigerator (I'm not kidding), or the one where the Macedonian village is under siege, and Luke sits calmly on the balcony watching, as people are dying all around him, it's just laughable. At one point in the movie, when Elijah (Fiennes) puts a gun to Luke's (Wenham's) head, I was praying for him to shoot and put us both out of our misery. I can't remember the last time I was so happy to see the words THE END.
  • December 5, 2008
    never seen it but i bet its good
  • November 28, 2008
    Storytelling at it's worst.
  • July 9, 2008
    OWNS IT , WAS GOOD MOVIE ,
  • July 6, 2008
    Interesting, but makes no sense.
  • March 24, 2008
    A strange movie, but the acting is good, therefor three stars
  • August 9, 2007
    This movie really isn't that good. There are some lose ends that don't make a lot of sense, and it doesn't flow very well. But David Wenham as a cowboy just makes this totally worth it.
  • August 7, 2007
    Had to watch it twice to totally get it but its so good! so clever! Loved it!
  • August 4, 2007
    To be honest my opinion may be a little biased because David Wenham is one of my favorite actors. But I thought this film was awesome, and that Wenham played an amazing part. Just like Bean, you could never figure these guys out, and I hope to see them collaborate again! but anyw...( read more)ays, I loved the story, the way this film was created, and the fact it was Westernish!! good job!!

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