Review of The Harder They Fall (2021) by Jluis_001 — 06 Nov 2021

I'm not the type of person who likes to highlight this kind of thing, but it was inevitable because I find it incredible that what is most talked about about this film in terms of professional reviews, is that it's a western starring black actors, and was directed by a black British director.

For an industry that keeps saying it doesn't see people's skin color, I find it ridiculous that it's something they need to emphasize, showing that it's a lot of what they see.

Now speaking of the film, I must mention that the influences of Tarantino and Sergio Leone are more than notorious, although it managed to retain its own identity. That was a positive thing.

The presentation is straightforward, although its narrative and structure are not always concise.

There are points where the dialogue feels too elaborate, lacking in better fluidity, while the director also fails to create a really interesting tension until the very last act. An understandable mistake for a beginner.

The Harder They Fall is not a western that is trying to invent something new at all, nor does it ever show those intentions, but it really does open a very interesting door for variants of this type of stories to be approached more quickly, and by more experienced filmmakers.