Synopsis
A prospector sells his wife and daughter to another gold miner for the rights to a gold mine. Twenty years later, the prospector is a wealthy man who owns much of the old west town named Kingdom Come. But changes are brewing and his past is coming back to haunt him. A surveyor and his crew scouts the town as a location for a new railroad line and a young woman suddenly appears in the town and is evidently the man's daughter.
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Cast
- Peter MullanDaniel Dillon
- Milla JovovichLucia
- Wes BentleyDonald Dalglish
- Nastassja KinskiElena Burn
- Sarah PolleyHope Burn
- Shirley HendersonAnnie
- Julian RichingsFrancis Bellanger
- Sean McGinleySweetley
- Tom McCamusBurn
- Duncan FrasierCrocker
Recommendations
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L.A. Weekly
A superb film by any measure, as deep and harsh as the sin Dillon committed to become great. - 80
Film.com
A sleeper that's well worth hunting down. Its rewards sneak up on you, but then linger long afterwards. - 80
Slate
Gives off the same vapor of impending tragedy—of a fate neither just nor unjust but ineffably, wrenchingly right. - 75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Beautifully acted and conceived -- even if the final vision is not always totally satisfying. - 75
Chicago Tribune
I liked The Claim -- as much for its stark visual beauty and impassioned performances as its intelligent script and willingness to probe the tragic side of life. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
It overcomes some patchiness to turn into a rich emotional experience, ranging in degree from fire to ice. - 50
Film.com
This director's (Winterbottom) reach is impressive, but this time it doesn't quite grasp. - 50
USA Today
The actors seem as frozen as the landscape in this unsuccessful attempt at a grand and profound Western about the California Gold Rush.
