Prime Video’s TheEnglish is a disappointing shadow of what could have been; shaneryanhere reviews:
seems to promise a little bit more than it can deliver. Blunt stars alongside Chaske Spencer as Eli Whipp, an American Indian who has just finished work as an army scout. They cross paths under horrendous circumstances, and Lady Cornelia convinces him to start with her toward Wyoming territory. He just wants a piece of land—which everyone likes to remind he’ll never have, due to his skin—while she’s out for vengeance, the circumstances of which are cloudy at the start.
This is a show of gorgeous western vistas, with the shot of a lone rider framed from the side against a sunset horizon a particular favorite . There’s a hint of Terrence Malick poetry in here, although far more literal and less committed, and at its best, it’s visually appealing. There are great acting turns, too, particularly by Toby Jones—who in a very short, one-episode arc steals every scene he’s in.
Even to call it entertaining, which it often is, necessitates a qualifier: the fight scenes verge on two-dimensionality , and the contemplative passages can be boring. To go back to thecomparison, there’s also a sense that Lady Cornelia Locke in particular is incomplete; we’re asked to accept her transition into full-blown western soldier on the basis of her father being a soldier, but it never feels earned.
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