The Quick and the Dead

Raimi approaches western genre with all the subtlety that he brought to horror, and succeeds courtesy of the simple, silly, and highly entertaining plot. Features decent performances from relative unknowns Dicaprio and Crowe. Stone’s beauty (though shortlived) is almost enough to distract from the flatness of her performance. Quick zoom.

Heist (2001)

Mamet’s highbrow dialogue slapped on an overly complex, perpetually twisty story. Compelling to the half-way point then loses steam. Decent performances of unsympathetic characters don’t particularly help the film. Great source of one-liner quotes and clever heist scenes. Otherwise a generally uninteresting crime caper. Totally inane plotting of female lead.