Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Brutal
- brooding
- harrowing
- stoic
- western marathon
- dark movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film a polished, traditional western elevated by Mads Mikkelsen's performance and bold widescreen imagery, even if it rarely escapes reverent pastiche.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Jon Jensen is a Danish settler whose personal history and language distinguish the film's western perspective.
Jon's retaliation for his family's murder triggers Henry Delarue's pursuit of revenge against him.
The film emphasizes prairie vistas, intense daylight, and ink-dark nightscapes in widescreen compositions.
Henry Delarue controls the local town through brutality, extortion, and fear, leaving residents unwilling to oppose him.
Films like The Salvation, and why
The Proposition
shares a stark frontier setting, revenge-driven plot, morally severe violence, and classic western visual language
Django Unchained
shares Danish or European authorship, spaghetti western influence, bleak retribution themes, and stylized widescreen landscapes
High Plains Drifter
shares a lone avenger confronting a corrupt frontier community, severe masculine stoicism, and sun-baked western atmosphere
3:10 to Yuma
shares a compressed revenge narrative, frontier brutality, and reverence for classic western genre conventions
Movie Details
- Director
- Kristian Levring
- Release Date
- 2014-05-22
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (1005)
Cast
- Mads Mikkelsen
- Eva Green
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan
- Mikael Persbrandt
- Éric Cantona
- Douglas Henshall
- Michael Raymond-James
- Jonathan Pryce
- Nanna Øland Fabricius
- Toke Lars Bjarke
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Sundance Now
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Salvation about?
- A Danish settler wages a grim one-man revenge campaign against the murderous baron who terrorizes an 1870s frontier town.
- What is The Salvation like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Salvation as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Salvation violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Salvation as brutal.
- What did critics think of The Salvation?
- Critics broadly found the film a polished, traditional western elevated by Mads Mikkelsen's performance and bold widescreen imagery, even if it rarely escapes reverent pastiche.
- Which films are like The Salvation?
- Films with a similar feel include The Proposition, Django Unchained, High Plains Drifter, and 3:10 to Yuma.
- How long is The Salvation?
- The Salvation runs 92 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Salvation?
- In United States, The Salvation streams on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Sundance Now.
