Seraphim Falls

While Seraphim Falls has all the trappings of a traditional Western, at heart, it’s a metaphoric chase picture, more Les Miserables than Last Train to Gun Hill. Set in 1868, the film follows Gideon (Pierce Brosnan) and Carver (Liam Neeson), from the high winter pines (Oregon and New Mexico doubling for Nevada’s Ruby Mountains) to the parched desert (New Mexico again, possibly doubling for Death Valley). Gideon, the pursued, seems to be getting the worst of it when we meet him. Barefoot,