Where to Watch The Quick and the Dead in New Zealand

If you want a drama that takes its characters as seriously as its plot, The Quick and the Dead is available in Australia on Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel, and in the US on fuboTV right now. It says what it needs to say in one sitting, no filler. A 7/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. Sharon Stone leads a cast that never overplays its hand. Put it on tonight on Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel and see for yourself.

There is a reason The Quick and the Dead keeps coming up in conversation. The Quick and the Dead takes its time building the world its characters inhabit, and the patience pays off. A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over by a notorious gunman. Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman lead a cast doing genuinely serious work here. It hit screens in 1995. The performances in The Quick and the Dead do a lot of work in the silences between the dialogue. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

For anyone looking for storytelling that takes its characters seriously, The Quick and the Dead delivers. It rewards viewers regardless of what else is in their watch history. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch from start to finish. Sharon Stone is the centre of it, and it is one of their strongest performances on record. The patience it asks of you early on is paid back with interest.