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voisjoe1
Oct 13, 2013voisjoe1 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
The great director Ang Lee (from Taiwan, then Illinois) made this tale of a band of ruffians whose purpose was to kill as many Union soldiers and Union supporters that they could. It seems that some of these guys were just at the wrong time and wrong place because they did not always feel passionate about the cause they were fighting for. The most interesting character is a former black slave who feels allegiance to a quasi-racist Southerner who gave him his freedom, yet kept him as someone who made him coffee and protected him with his sharp-shooting. The weakness of the movie may be that the characters are not sure why they are doing what they are doing and if they don’t care, why should the audience?