81. Unforgiven (1992) - Clint Eastwood
Unforgiven (1992) - Clint EastwoodRetired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner and a young man. If Once Upon a Time in the West was Sergio Leone's tribute and farewell to the American western then Unforgiven is surely Clint's. The 1992 Oscar winning movie directed and starred Eastwood as Will Munney.... a retired gunslinger who has the weight of his past actions hovering over him. Eastwood is almost playing "the man with no name" who has now aged and has to reflect on the type of life he has lead. He's killed many men and has the demons of the souls he has put underground lodged in his brain. He now wants a quite secluded life but before that he has to do "one last job". The scenes between Gene Hackman and Richard Harris' "English Bob" are my favourites of the movie, they are able to play off each other so well. Neither are good characters or good men but they grab you and you care about the outcome of both. Unforgiven may not be as stylised as Leone's great westerns but it's a great character based film in it's own right. Leone's characters were never as developed or as dimensional as this. Unforgiven is grim, dark and the moral lines between good and evil are difficult to see.