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“Wrongly accused of a crime she didn’t commit, a frontier woman-turned-fugitive is hunted by a vengeful preacher in the menacing inferno of the old American West.” That’s the official synopsis for the thriller Brimstone from writer/director Martin Koolhoven. While it is a correct description of the plot, it does not do the film justice. I watch A LOT of movies, it comes along with the job. But I have to admit, very few films burn into my mind like Brimstone did. After watching it I sat back, feeling as if I had personally been wounded. During the film’s duration, I stepped into Liz’s (Dakota Fanning) world, a world filled with depravity, incest, torture, fear, and strife and it was heart breaking. So few female characters are given the strength and determination that Koolhoven gifted to Liz, and for that I say “thank you”. Fanning was absolutely fantastic. In my opinion, there is no question, it is her best performance to
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The international trailer has arrived for Martin Koolhoven’s star-studded, highly anticipated, western-thriller ‘Brimstone’. ‘Brimstone’ stars not one, but two of the ‘Game of Thrones’ cast. Kit Harington portrays an outlaw. Carice van Houten, known as Melisandre on the hit series, plays the role of Anna in the film. Dakota Fanning (Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2) is featured in the lead role of Liz, a young woman running from her past and hunted by an evil preacher, played by Guy Pearce (Iron Man 3). Paul Anderson (The Revenant), Carla Juri (Wetlands) and Jack Roth (Us & Them) also co-star. From the Press Release: Momentum Pictures has acquired North American rights to the western/thriller BRIMSTONE. The film, which first premiered in September at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival to positive reviews, is written and directed by Martin Koolhoven. It stars Dakota Fanning (Man on Fire), Guy Pearce (L.A. Confidential), Kit Harrington (Game of Thrones), and Emilia Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean: On
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The first images have surfaced from the dark period-thriller ‘Brimstone’, from Dutch writer/director Martin Koolhoven. ‘Brimstone’ stars not one, but two of the ‘Game of Thrones’ cast. Kit Harington portrays an outlaw. Carice van Houten, known as Melisandre on the hit series, plays the role of Anna in the film. Dakota Fanning (Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2) is featured in the lead role of Liz, a young woman running from her past and hunted by an evil preacher, played by Guy Pearce (Iron Man 3). Paul Anderson (The Revenant), Carla Juri (Wetlands) and Jack Roth (Us & Them) also co-star. ‘Brimstone’ is a tale of survival, strength and womanhood. Liz, the heroine of the tale is a mute young woman and midwife living with her husband and their two children. From the moment the preacher climbs the pulpit Liz knows that she and her family are in danger. The preacher becomes obsessed with destroying everything she loves just like in the
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“Wrongly accused of a crime she didn’t commit, a frontier woman-turned-fugitive is hunted by a vengeful preacher in the menacing inferno of the old American West.” That’s the official synopsis for the thriller Brimstone from writer/director Martin Koolhoven. While it is a correct description of the plot, it does not do the film justice. I watch A LOT of movies, it comes along with the job. But I have to admit, very few films burn into my mind like Brimstone did. After watching it I sat back, feeling as if I had personally been wounded. During the film’s duration, I stepped into Liz’s (Dakota Fanning) world, a world filled with depravity, incest, torture, fear, and strife and it was heart breaking. So few female characters are given the strength and determination that Koolhoven gifted to Liz, and for that I say “thank you”. Fanning was absolutely fantastic. In my opinion, there is no question, it is her best performance to
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Trailers
The international trailer has arrived for Martin Koolhoven’s star-studded, highly anticipated, western-thriller ‘Brimstone’. ‘Brimstone’ stars not one, but two of the ‘Game of Thrones’ cast. Kit Harington portrays an outlaw. Carice van Houten, known as Melisandre on the hit series, plays the role of Anna in the film. Dakota Fanning (Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2) is featured in the lead role of Liz, a young woman running from her past and hunted by an evil preacher, played by Guy Pearce (Iron Man 3). Paul Anderson (The Revenant), Carla Juri (Wetlands) and Jack Roth (Us & Them) also co-star. From the Press Release: Momentum Pictures has acquired North American rights to the western/thriller BRIMSTONE. The film, which first premiered in September at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival to positive reviews, is written and directed by Martin Koolhoven. It stars Dakota Fanning (Man on Fire), Guy Pearce (L.A. Confidential), Kit Harrington (Game of Thrones), and Emilia Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean: On
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The first images have surfaced from the dark period-thriller ‘Brimstone’, from Dutch writer/director Martin Koolhoven. ‘Brimstone’ stars not one, but two of the ‘Game of Thrones’ cast. Kit Harington portrays an outlaw. Carice van Houten, known as Melisandre on the hit series, plays the role of Anna in the film. Dakota Fanning (Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2) is featured in the lead role of Liz, a young woman running from her past and hunted by an evil preacher, played by Guy Pearce (Iron Man 3). Paul Anderson (The Revenant), Carla Juri (Wetlands) and Jack Roth (Us & Them) also co-star. ‘Brimstone’ is a tale of survival, strength and womanhood. Liz, the heroine of the tale is a mute young woman and midwife living with her husband and their two children. From the moment the preacher climbs the pulpit Liz knows that she and her family are in danger. The preacher becomes obsessed with destroying everything she loves just like in the
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