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 Posted: Sun Jun 3rd, 2012 09:57 pm
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 Paxton really surprised me because I had not taken him for being capable of doing such a convincing job of portraying Randall McCoy, a conflicted man who stuck by his deep religious convictions even while his entire world fell apart around him. He was very convincing.

I haven't been a big fan of Costner either, but I was very impressed with how he protrayed Devil Anse Hatfield.

Paxton and Costner weren't the only ones who impressed me, however. Tom Berringer was the brutish sadist Jim Vance. He had me scared. The actor who played Bad Frank Phillips also radiated menace.

I also thought the two actresses who played Mrs. Lavicy Hatfield and Mrs. Sallie McCoy were very good. The young man was especially good who played Cottontop, the mentally challenged young man who cannot deal with the drama all around him but is tragically caught up in it.