The Salvation (Review)

The Western genre, as a whole, has been monumentally influential to filmmakers all over the world. Directors from the likes of Italy, Germany, and even Japan have given their take on life in the old days of the American West. It is a testament to how much mining you can have with a specific period in history. So that begs the ultimate question: Can the Danish film a Western? We can now answer that pivotal question with the country’s first outing in Kristian Levring’s The Salvation.