Instead of being a revisionist history lesson, “The Harder They Fall” is a rip-roaring homage to Sergio Leone’s spaghetti westerns and Quentin Tarantino’s postmodern action movies
caption is too emphatic for standard punctuation. “While the events of this story are fictionalised,” it declares, “These. People. Existed.” The statement is true in that some of the characters in “The Harder They Fall”, Jeymes Samuel’s stylish revenge western, share their names, if not much else, with actual historical figures. However, Mr Samuel is making a more general point.
Mr Samuel, a black British writer-director who works as a singer-songwriter and music producer under the name of The Bullitts, redresses the balance slightly with his debut feature film. Nearly every character in “The Harder They Fall” is played by a black actor, whether they are a hero or a villain. The main hero is Nat Love . In the opening flashback sequence, his parents are murdered in cold blood by a ruthless bandit, Rufus Buck , who then carves a cross into Love’s forehead.
Such radicalism is rarely articulated in the dialogue. The story, co-written by Mr Samuel and Boaz Yakin, revolves around vendettas, bank robberies, shoot-outs and other western staples, whereas race is mentioned only a few times. Buck, as evil as he is, steals and extorts money to build a town which could be a “promised land” for former slaves. An old white train engineer gets two letters into the n-word before being shot by Trudy.
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