Appaloosa opens with the town marshal shot at the hands of a greedy outlaw, Randall Bragg (Jeremy Irons), in front of the gangs' house outside of town. In rides Virgil Cole (Ed Harris) and Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen) to clean up the town....read the complete Appaloosa (2008) review at The Filmsnobs
Frankly, if you're going to do a western, you need a lot of shootouts. Appaloosa is riddled with slow dialogue, and its very few action sequences are quick and underwhelming.
I did like the story, it has a bit of a moral to it and wraps up ...