# The Salvation (2014)

> A Danish settler wages a grim one-man revenge campaign against the murderous baron who terrorizes an 1870s frontier town.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/154752

## Facts

- Runtime: 92 min
- Genres: Drama, Western
- Director: Kristian Levring
- Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Mikael Persbrandt, Éric Cantona, Douglas Henshall, Michael Raymond-James, Jonathan Pryce
- TMDB rating: 6.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2720680/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: brooding, harrowing, stoic, western marathon, dark movie night

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