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There are very few actors who have the ability to open a huge comedy movie, a huge action movie, or an awards drama. But somehow, Mark Wahlberg is the guy who can do all three.

This movie's success didn't just reshape Westerns. It also laid the foundation for perhaps the greatest Marvel movie ever made, and its influence was sixty-four years in the making. Eight years later, ...