Slow West

In the Old West, a 17-year-old Scottish boy teams up with a mysterious gunman to find the woman with whom he is infatuated.

Cast

Michael Fassbender

as Silas

Kodi Smit-McPhee

as Jay Cavendish

Ben Mendelsohn

as Payne

Caren Pistorius

as Rose Ross

Rory McCann

as John Ross

Eddie Campbell

as Skelly

Brooke Williams

as Maria

Alex Macqueen

as Rupert Cavendish

Kalani Queypo

as Kotori

Madeleine Sami

as Marimacho

Reviews

Reno

> Going across the Atlantic to find the lost love. A western movie set in the 1870 United States, but entirely shot in the New Zealand. The story of a 16 year old boy, Jay, from Scotland embarks a journey in the New World in search of his love, Rose. Later a bounty hunter joins him and makes sure...

John Chard

One's a falling angel - the other one's a rising devil. Slow West is written and directed by John Maclean. It stars Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Fassbender, Ben Mendelsohn, Caren Pistorius and Rory McCann. Music is by Jed Kurzel and cinematography by Robbie Ryan. It's the late 1800s and a teenage...

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