Unforgiven [4K Ultra-HD] [1992] [Blu-ray] [2017]

Clint directs his modern 1992 western, that is both poingant and entertaining, a great cast ( Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris plus Clint) makes the whole thing very real and visceral in it's depiction of an 1870's wild west that is both violent and unjust. A woman is cut up by a cowboy and becomes the focus of a revenge movie, which is pulling a man who has given up the ghosts of a previous violent life, back to his most base talents. The portrayal of an assasins trade is well done, as there are often moments of deep regret, fear and a human rejection of the killers trade. English Bob, Little Bill and William Munny sparkle with historical character and a dark back story that sits poorly with the idea of good old boys in white or black hats doing a high noon. A movie I often re-visit that always delivers. Well worth your time.

Unforgiven is a movie released in 1992. The film is the baby of the one and only Clint Eastwood. The man with the stare not only starred in the film but he also directed and produced the thing. The story was written by David Webb Peoples, also known for his work on Blade Runner and Twelve Monkeys. Alongside Clint is a number of top stars including Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman. The film was a huge success, grossed a heck of a lot of money and won a fair amount of awards.The film follows William Munny (Clint Eastwood) as a burnt out old farmer with two kids. His choice of life has left him skint and the family needing. All of a sudden, The Schofield Kid (Jaimz Woolvett) comes knocking. He's looking for an ex-criminal known for his mean temper and ability to shoot on sight without a care in the world. As it turns out, this is our dear William. He's got a bounty on two cowboys who slices up a prostitute. William initially refuses after getting out of that life. But with two children in need of a good meal, he eventually takes up his old ways alongside his partner Ned (Morgan Freeman). The story sees us between this group and "Little" Bill (Gene Hackman), sheriff of the town Big Whiskey. A man determined to keep gun play out of his town with the two sides eventually butting heads.As a film, Unforgiven is by far the best of the late period westerns. The western trope was well out of fashion and I don't recall many being made in the 90s onwards, with a few exceptions including the magnificent Tombstone. I love the fact that this is a western that doesn't fall into the usual stereotypes. We don't see fancy trick shots, chase scenes, cheesy one liners and so on. The film generally stays clear of those things and it remains grounded.The fact Eastwood plays an older man, someone who has been well out of the game for so long makes it even better. It's not a romantic portrayal of the wild west and is fairly grounded in that regard. Gene Hackman is absolutely fantastic too. His character Bill Daggett is ruthless, intimidating and it's easily my favourite role of his. That's saying something considering his previous work. Eastwood and Hackman don't have many scenes together by my god, when they're face to face, it's intense. It's a shame they never did anything of the sort again. Morgan Freeman is as charming as ever and Richard Harris has a great small part. The only weakness in the cast for me is Jaimz Woolvett. I have never liked his acting here but it's serviceable and only a small part next to the previously mentioned acting legends.The actual transfer of this 4k disc is pretty good. It's a noticeable upgrade to the previous Blu-ray transfer with good clarity, colour and depth. The sound is also very good. Having this movie cranked up in a surround sound system is fantastic. The scenes in which the characters traverse through the storm etc all sounds magnificent and some of the best use of weather I think I've heard so far. I'm not sure it's worth the usual £20 asking price for a 4k disc not being the best transfer out there but by all means, it's well worth the discount price. I picked up this sucker up for around £12 and that was worth every penny.

Perhaps an out and out favourite-Western for many over the past 30 years, seeing the legendary Clint Eastwood both direct and star in the film.After an incident in Big Whisky, Wyoming which saw a whore badly cut-up by two cowboys and go virtually unpunished by Little Bill Doggett (Gene Hackman) the town sheriff, the working girls club together to raise a bounty on the head of the two offenders.Well $1000 was a lot of money back then and was sure to attract interest, among them a young would-be gunman calling himself the Schofield Kid ( Jaimz Woolvett ) seeks out former gunslinger and thief Will Munny (Clint Eastwood) t help him kill the cowboys and claim the reward offered.Well, these days Will has hung-up his guns and become a struggling pig-farmer and since the death of his wife ,looks after their two youngsters William Jnr and Penny,, in fact a reformed character in his words ''I'm not like that anymore''However, Will needing the cash changes his mind, digs out his guns and struggles to get back on a horse to catch-up with Schofield, along the way he'll enlist the help of his old partner and ace rifleman Ned Logan (Morgan Freeman)The two chase down and join the nearly blind as it turns out Schofield Kid.Meanwhile back in Whiisky Brit gunman English Bob (Richard Harris) along with his biographer have turned up in town, but reluctant to give up his guns Bob will be beaten and run out of town by Little Bill.After travelling for some time in heavy rain, during which both Ned and the Kid take whisky whilst Will believing the drink to be the cause of his wickedness in days gone by does not, Will is suffering from the weather, the three turn up in Whisky visiting the saloon/whore house.Whilst there Ned and the Kid take advantage of what's on offer upstairs whilst Will is slumped, ill downstairs, Little Bill and his deputies turn up, Will is still wearing a gun belt for which the sheriff deals out a beating to send Will on his way, the two upstairs escape.It takes Will three days to recover after which the three go after the cowboys that had attacked Delilah, one of the cowboys are killed, however, Ned, a sharp-shooter had not been able to ma2ke the shot, Will does instead.Realizing that returning to killing was not for him, Ned heads for home.Will and the Kid go after the second offender, turns out that the Kids boast that he'd killed five men before was simply not so, killing the cowboy was his first.The two when receiving the reward money are told that Ned had been captured and killed and was on display outside the whore-house.The Kid, has no stomach to kill again, Will tanked up with whisky sets out to avenge his old partner/friend...the whisky returns Will to his lethal best.Have to say, not only a great Western that has several superb performances on-board especially that of Clint and Gene, the bonus is the sharpness of the picture quality of the 4k format....a must own for Western-Fans.

I cannot play this DVD and hope to get a refund after returning it.

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En mi opinión, uno de los mejores westerns de la historia, un título imprescindible en toda videoteca del buen cinéfilo.Trae subs castellano.Otro 10 para Amazon

Premetto da subito che le 5 stelle sono solo per il film, ed è stata una fortuna trovarlo in edizione UK. Un capolavoro assoluto che in nessuna collezione di Blu Ray deve mancare. Purtroppo mi sono imbattuto in circostanze sfortunate. La custodia del Blu ray presentava al suo interno una spaccatura proprio dove va a poggiarsi il disco. Assolutamente reso fatto ad Amazon, ma capisco anche che il problema sarà stato creato durante la spedizione. Infatti già è in arrivo il prodotto sostitutivo. Se capiterà di nuovo, sarò costretto a non comprare più da Amazon, quindi spero non succederà più.

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