Pale Rider fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, no humor.
Tense and spectacular
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Cathartic
Serious throughout
History and mystery
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction and performances
Standout cinematography and score
Tense and spectacular
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Pale Rider is tense, spectacular, and violent. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Serious throughout
Expect almost no humor.
History and mystery
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around history and mystery. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in. It leaves some questions open.
Standout direction and performances
The direction and performances stand out.
Standout cinematography and score
Look and sound: the cinematography and score stand out.
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Pale Rider is included with a subscription to fuboTV in the United States. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 77/100 (IMDb 7.3, Rotten Tomatoes 94%, and Metacritic 61). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: violence.
1 h 55 min
Pale Rider runs 1 h 55 min.
Yes. Critics average 78 and audiences 77 out of 100, so both groups see Pale Rider much the same way.
Yes, a big one. It cost about $7 million to make and earned $41 million worldwide, 6.0 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+74GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Pale Rider in 88 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 61 storytelling tropes for Pale Rider, including Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane, The Drifter, Title Drop.
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