THE DEAD DON'T HURT

Viggo Mortensen stars as Holger Olsen, a Danish immigrant who's the sheriff of his portion of San Francisco during the 1860's. He meets and falls in love with Vivienne Le Coudy (Vicky Krieps) and the two quickly fall in love. However, after fighting for his home country and with Civil War breaking out in his new, Holger feels he has to fight for his adopted country, leaving behind Vivienne. Vivienne, a very capable, smart, and strong woman, takes care of their place while Holger's away while also gaining employment in town at the local saloon. However, she's attacked one night by one of the saloons owners, Weston Jeffries (Solly McLeod). As such, her and Holger's life will never be the same once he returns from the war. This is a decent enough love story. I'm a little surprised at the high praise it's been receiving as while it's not a bad movie, it's nothing special either. Both Holger and Vivienne are strong characters, never backing down from the other and as such both Mortensen and Krieps give enjoyable performances. But I will say the villains feel pretty light for the story and only after Vivienne's attack does the story seem to have depth. 6/10