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Rating: It has become a custom to bring heroes and characters from literary sagas, particularly from comics, to the big screen. The adaptation has also happened for Blueberry, a French sheriff born from the genius mind of Moebius.
Thus, director Jan Kounen calls Vincent Cassel to his side to play the protagonist (he had previously collaborated with him in Dobermann).
The rest of the cast consists of internationally renowned actors, ranging from Juliette Lewis to Michael Madsen and ending with Ernest Borgnine.
The plot tells of Blueberry, the sheriff of Palamito, who tries to maintain healthy relations between the townspeople and the Native Americans. The arrival in town of a killer with whom the sheriff had a past conflict is a source of instability for the citizens. However, the final duel between the two men transforms into an inner journey caused by the drugs of the Native American shamans.
The premise seems interesting given the director's desire to bring a tribal/shamanic western to life, but the result is terrible. About half an hour of insects and snakes and other animals intertwined using computer graphics is not, as someone defined it, "experimentation," but rather a lack of ideas. Thankfully though, there is good Kounen who defends himself by saying "no one ever accused 2001: A Space Odyssey of complexity"...
Blasphemies aside, this "Blueberry" possesses something positive. While the film’s execution is disastrous, the attempt to create an acid western that seems to emerge from some kind of trip is commendable. As are the performances of the actors, particularly Cassel and Juliette Lewis, although Madsen seems a bit too forced in his character. Nevertheless, it remains an overly pompous work with some interesting elements that sink into an inexplicably verbose second half, devoid of meaning, but above all, one that destroys a film already not particularly exciting with a more than superficial twist.
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