Showdown on the way to hell
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Showdown on the way to hell |
| Original title | Purgatory |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1999 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Uli Edel |
| script | Gordon T. Dawson |
| production | Daniel Schneider |
| music | Brad Fiedel |
| camera | William Wages |
| cut | Mark Conte |
| occupation | |
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Showdown on the way to hell (original title: Purgatory ) is a fantasy western produced for television from 1999 by Uli Edel . The film was released on January 10, 1999. The German first broadcast was on December 27, 2000 on VOX .
action
A gang of outlaws raids a town bank. Some outlaws, a few passers-by and a prostitute are killed. The gang flees from the contingent that is hot on their heels. They pass through a kind of tunnel into the small town of Refuge , where they believe they are temporarily safe. Some of the town's inhabitants seemed strangely familiar to everyone. When the church bell rings, all residents go to church without resistance. The strange events pile up, the residents of the city behave strangely. When a carriage arrives, the prostitute, believed dead, gets out. The residents turn out to be dead outlaws and criminals, such as Wild Bill Hickock, Billy The Kid and Doc Holiday. Slowly the Outlaws is clear that they are in purgatory (Engl. Purgatory ) are located.
criticism
The lexicon of international films ruled that the film was an “elaborately produced (television) western with supernatural elements” that “ultimately only varied the standards of the genre”. “Thanks to the solid actors playing”, the television film is “nevertheless appealingly entertaining”.
Web links
- Showdown on the way to hell in theInternet Movie Database(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release Info. Internet Movie Database , accessed December 12, 2014 .
- ↑ a b Showdown on the Road to Hell in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on December 12, 2014.