In “The Quick and the Dead”, who do you think would have won the final match of the tourny

Cort easily.

Herod knew he would lose, that's why he told his man to kill Cort no matter what happens. Herod wasn't afraid to die, he just wanted to fight and kill the best fighters. He was an evil, cold hearted killer with skill, but Cort was a damn cheat code.

Think someone on here said Cort is probably the best gunfighter ever put on film and he's probably right. Don't think he missed a shot the entire movie.

I'm giving it to Cort just because of age. We all slow down, and when a split second matter...it matters.

Goddamn I love that movie.

Gonna rewatch today.

Underrated movie. Only movie DiCaprio doesn't overreact like Shatner

Completely agree. Fantastic movie villain



To answer the OP’s question: Cort. Herod knew Cort was faster than him. It’s why he made him compete. It’s like he saw so much of himself inside Cort and then Cort proved him wrong and left the life when Herod probably saw him as his successor. That was basically Herod’s whole purpose during the movie, to prove to Cort that he’s just like Herod (not just fast, but ruthless, a cold blooded killer) and if Cort shot and killed him, he was proving Herod’s point. Herod even admits he’s scared of Cort (and wasn’t really scared of anyone up until that point.) and it says something that Herod told his men to gun down Cort even if he loses (at that point, Cort had a broken hand.) so even with his opponent having a broken hand, Herod wasn’t convinced he could win that’s how badass Cort is.

There was a clear tier above The Kid and The Lady. Both of them really good and fast. But Cort and Herod were in that tier above.