A 2003 Western film directed by and starring Kevin Costner. The film is partially a Deconstruction of many old western films where a lone hero rides into town and stands up for the downtrodden townsfolk against the mustache-twirling villain. But overall, the film is more interested in using these to add more realism and a sense of being an actual time in history to a classic cowboy story. For all its Darker and Edgier take on the cowboy hero, it is ultimately an idealistic tale of good men doing something and not allowing evil to triumph. This film provides examples of: