Westerns used to dominate Hollywood, but the market has grown thin in recent years, and instead of lone, mysterious gunslingers a la Clint Eastwood's man with no name we get cartoonish silliness a la The Lone Ranger. But The Salvation looks to prove that the craft and style is still alive and well.

Former Bond bad guy Mads Mikkelsen plays Jon, a Danish refugee seeking a new life with his family in the West. You can imagine things don't go exactly according to plan. An act of vengeance gets Jon in deep trouble with the wrong people, headed by Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Watchmen, The Losers), and his peaceful country life swiftly becomes a fight to survive.

The film, also starring Eva Green (Penny Dreadful, Casino Royale), has been doing the rounds on the festival circuit in recent months but hits Irish screen on April 17.