The Salvation (15)
three stars
Dir: Kristian Levring
With: Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green
Runtime: 92 minutes
THERE is no sugar-coating how the West was won in Danish director Kristian Levring's drama. Jon (Mads Mikkelsen) and his brother have been in America for seven years, waiting for Jon's wife and son. No sooner have they arrived than there is trouble in paradise. Mikkelsen, leading a cast that includes Eric "Seagulls" Cantona as a gunslinger and Dougie "Shetland" Henshall as a preacher/sheriff, is on eminently watchable form as a Danish Gary Cooper, but after a promising start the story fails to pull much in the way of surprises.
Woman in Gold (12A)
four stars
Dir: Simon Curtis
With: Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds
Runtime: 109 minutes
HELEN Mirren dazzles in this international tug of love tale over a work of art. The Queen star plays Maria Altmann, the niece of Adele Bloch-Bauer, the titular woman in Klimt's portrait. Knowing the painting and several others were stolen from her Jewish family by the Nazis, the now US citizen resolves to get them back with the help of a young, inexperienced lawyer (Ryan Reynolds). This is an old fashioned told straight down the middle, and all the more powerful and moving for it, with Reynolds and Mirren making a terrific pairing.
Dark Horse (PG)
four stars
Dir: Louise Osmond
Runtime: 86 minutes
NOT to be confused with the chess drama of the same name released a few weeks ago, Louise Osmond's charmer of a documentary is the story of a Welsh barmaid who had the idea of owning a racehorse. The result was Dream Alliance, a horse with the hearts, minds and money of a former mining community behind it. A winner.
Cineworld, Glasgow, tomorrow; Cameo, Edinburgh and Filmhouse Belmont, May 1
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (15)
one star
Dir: Steve Pink
With: Rob Corddry, Clark Duke
Runtime: 93 minutes
FIVE years on from the 2010 surprise hit about four guys on a ski break who go back in time and emerge winners, the boys are back for more capers. The formula has not aged well, with what was fresh and likeable in the first movie now stale and riddled with putrid humour. Time to pull the plug.
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