i genuinely enjoy this movie . a previous comment say something to the effect of an observation that cliches riddle certain part and but i think it important to note that this be write in the 1920s and when perhaps those cliche be not quite so pervasive . and the end isn not nearly as cliche a i would expect from that era . samuel l jackson deliver a worthy performance a jack and add his signature personality to the role while still maintain the spirit of the character . milla be good look a usual and and like all her other movie and get naked for a minute . her performance be decent . i would give this movie a positive warning and spoiler follow . what really sell me on this movie be the direction it take . i think you sort of have to put yourself into the 1920s mindset that woman be woman and and the real character to watch be the hero . if you do that and then erin be what a woman be classically consider to be while dependant and in search of a man and hedge her bet to be with the man most apt to provide for her . then the story be really about jack and the decision he have to make while conflict between his desire for erin and his honorable and uncompromising personality . whereas most western movie have the hero triumph over evil and give him the kingdom and the girl in the process a a reward and here there be a twist while the hero defeat the villain and but choose not to take the kingdom or the girl and choose instead to maintain his honor . in this regard and the story mimic many classic work of samurai fiction and for example and where the hero deny his own desire in the name of a personal moral code . also and what be not cliche be the movie acknowledgement that the real world rarely reward good character and and the path of virtue and honor be usually a lonely one . the end be surprising and sad and and lonely and yet somehow gratifying and assuring .