- Between somewhere and nowhere in the untamed West is the small town of Refuge. There, neither the sheriff nor his deputy carry a sidearm. There’s no jail either, because shooting, carousing and bad blood are not in the town’s character. What peaceful folks live there? Wild Bill Hickok. Doc Holliday. Jesse James. Billy the Kid. All long dead. All mysteriously given a chance to undo their violent pa
Between somewhere and nowhere in the untamed West is the small town of Refuge. There, neither the sheriff nor his deputy carry a sidearm. There’s no jail either, because shooting, carousing and bad blood are not in the town’s character. What peaceful folks live there? Wild Bill Hickok. Doc Holliday. Jesse James. Billy the Kid. All long dead. All mysteriously given a chance to undo their violent pasts in Purgatory. All put to a stern test when Blackjack and his ornery gang ride into town. Purgatory is a down-and-dirty Western with a twist The Twilight Zone‘s Rod Serling would have loved. A band of 19th-century desperadoes, led by the monstrous Blackjack Britton (Eric Roberts), takes a wrong turn while fleeing a posse and rides into an otherworldly, off-the-map town called Refuge. Sedate, almost repressed, and guarded by an unarmed sheriff (Sam Shepard), Refuge is a weird haven of hospitality with no jail, a literate shopkeeper (J.D. Souther), an erudite dandy of a doctor (Randy Quaid), a restless deputy (Donnie Wahlberg), and a beautiful young woman (Amelia Heinle) with no apparent family. In short order, Blackjack figures Refuge is his for the plundering. But the youngest of his gang, the innocent Sonny (Brad Rowe), slowly realizes the town’s residents are, in fact, dead legends of the American West–Wild Bill Hickok (Shepard), Doc Holliday (Quaid), Jesse James (Souther), among others–spending a violence-free interim before being taken to Heaven (or Hell if they fail). A purely fun if slightly hokey piece of fanciful adventure, Purgatory‘s colorful cast plays the whole thing straight and gives this made-for-cable film (directed by Uli Edel of Last Exit to Brooklyn) some exciting, six-gun grit and emotional authenticity. –Tom Keogh
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March 17, 2008
#1
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March 17, 2008
#2
I don’t considere this a western, if you care for sci-fi then you’ll probably like it, but not for me.
March 17, 2008
#3
I am a big fan of Westerns. I like old and new and I am always eager to watch something different. This was a TNT original movie and as such my rating would be 4 stars which is to say better than most TV movies. However, by comparison to theatrical releases this movie pales and I can only give it 2 stars which is being kind.
I loved the cast, but the acting was surprisingly bland. The script was not bad, but neither was it engaging. The action was weak, especially the shootout at the end which was edited poorly. The only thing I found that the movie had going for it was an insteresting premise which halfway through the movie had already grown old.
When I see 4 and 5 star ratings and I think of all the great classic westerns, this just doesn’t measure up. Open Range, a Kevin Costner Western that is just a few years old shoots circles around this one. I recommend watching this one first before purchasing, I wish I had.
March 17, 2008
#4
the first time i saw this movie was on tv.it was so good.
every thing seem so real. it took me just a few min, to find
out that all these people were dead, eric roberts was great
in purgatory. you will not go wrong buying this movie
March 17, 2008
#5
very good movie and it was casted perfectly for the plot for the time it was written for would like to see it again. keeps you sitting their not to miss one actor place on the film and part which he or she played eric roberts played his normal self mean and ugly if they came out with a newer verison of the good, bad, and the ugly he would be the ugly and the bad.