The Proposition is missing every element that a great western has. It falls flat on every level. But instead of just being mediocre, it has to put in all the things that make a movie terrible. On Imdb the description is "A lawman apprehends a notorious outlaw and gives him nine days to kill his older brother, or else they'll execute his younger brother." Now that sounds like a good movie. But, it isn't like that. First of all, the characters are terrible. Guy Pearce isn't the badass hero he should be. I don't care at all what happens to his whining, annoying younger brother. His other brother isn't the badass villain I expected. And his sidekick is extremely annoying. The movie takes time to focus on John Hurt, which usually is a good thing, but not when he's playing Jellon Lamb, who can't stop shouting terrible dialogue and ruining modern westerns. Ray Winstone gets it right though, he plays the misunderstood police captain, and I'd side with him. Out of all the lousy, half-assed performances by too many unknown actors and miscast actors, Ray Winstone is the only one who was any good. His wife is also annoying, and I'd rather see her die than listen to her complain for the rest of the movie.
Second of all, there is no action. In other westerns, we are treated to epic gunfights, brawls, and even a simple shot in the head. A few bullets move, but most of the movie is spent on the awful characters that we can't bear to see. This makes the movie boring. Lastly, there really is no plot. Or a really simple plot. Or a very unexciting plot. On the way to kill his older brother, Guy Pearce encounters nothing to move the plot forward. Sure, it moves forward at the end, but we're bored out of our minds by then. It's unoriginal, terribly acted, miscast, no fun, and a really awful movie.
Movie Rating: D
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