A Cold Day in Hell

January. 05,2011      
Rating:
2.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Sierra Nevada Mountains, 1887: William Drayton, once a crack sharpshooter in the Civil War, has lost his wife and home. He has ascended to the high country, wanting never to be heard from again.

Michael Madsen as  U.S. Marshal Stallings

Reviews

Lawbolisted
2011/01/05

Powerful

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Taraparain
2011/01/06

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

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Aubrey Hackett
2011/01/07

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

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Janae Milner
2011/01/08

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

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efkoren-573-961794
2011/01/09

Possible runner for worst movie I've ever seen..I hope it didn't cost money to make..Liked the train scenes, mountain views, nice horses...Script came across as if it was read from a book by people who had never seen the book until someone shouted "A cold Day In Hell,Take 1...Cut..Print"Is it possible that this movie was a spoof? It reminded me of the pasta westerns of the '60's except it wasn't re dubbed in English. Costumes looked like they were from the lost and found box of a C.A.S.S. event that got rained out. I wish I could get two free extra picks from Netflixs for watching this disk :( Good Night, The old guy

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chamclan
2011/01/10

Wooden acting, dry cleaned and neatly pressed clothes, pristine streets and buildings. The apparent confusion of the 'actors' (I hope) was the result of non- receipt of a script. The wispy story-line wanders around aimlessly trying, very successfully, not to link any Two scenes together. The package designers use of the names of Two of the finest westerns ever made was an abysmal attempt at giving this waste of world resources some sort of credibility - failed miserably. I suppose all actors must reach a point at which they need to retire, moving gently into the twilight surrounded by the memories of their artistic achievement. Then there is this sad pocket of pretenders to the throne - there is no pride, no honour and no understanding of the art. Here someone gathered them together and created A Cold Day In Hell (2011) - All should be hanging their heads in collective shame.

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quincey59
2011/01/11

This film is just an embarrassment to film making and acting.Not really much more to say.Hammy acting, poor script, terrible editing.I have seen decent films with Michael Madsen in and am amazed he had anything to do with this. Even his acting looks poor in this. None of the Characters have anything about them. Impossible to build any rapport or empathy with the characters or story line.The best thing about this is the DVD Cover - hilarious - comparing this rubbish to quality western films like and 3.10 To Yuma and True Grit.Please stay away from this "C Movie".

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Albert Muick
2011/01/12

I am so disappointed by this film. Apparently this is yet another in the slew of direct-to-video westerns produced in recent years. The base story is good, and had it been done with more of the budget on special effects and not on salaries, it might have gone somewhere. As it stands, it appears that most of the film's budget was spent on big-name salaries, however the speech and acting is stilted and wooden, even Mr. Madsen's. The plethora of CGI shootings didn't help either. Fake blood and squibs *do not* cost much and probably might have been cheaper than the CGI wounding. I'm sorry, but a 3 is the best I could cough up. This one would be best avoided, no matter how big a fan of westerns you might be!

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